Quran 8:32 — Al-Anfaal, verse 32
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
They also said, ‘God, if this really is the truth from You, then rain stones on us from the heavens, or send us some other painful punishment.’
وَإِذْ قَالُوا اللَّهُمَّ إِنْ كَانَ هَـٰذَا هُوَ الْحَقَّ مِنْ عِنْدِكَ فَأَمْطِرْ عَلَيْنَا حِجَارَةً مِنَ السَّمَاءِ أَوِ ائْتِنَا بِعَذَابٍ أَلِيمٍ
wa-idh qālū l-lahuma in kāna hādhā huwa l-ḥaqa min ʿindika fa-amṭir ʿalaynā ḥijāratan mina l-samāi awi i'tinā biʿadhābin alīmin
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And when they said, 'O God, if this be indeed the truth from Thee, then rain down upon us stones out of heaven, or bring us a painful chastisement.'
- Muhammad Asad
- And, lo, they would say, "O God! If this. be indeed the truth from Thee, then rain down upon us stones from the skies, or inflict [some other] grievous suffering on us!"
- Sahih International
- And [remember] when they said, "O Allāh, if this should be the truth from You, then rain down upon us stones from the sky or bring us a painful punishment."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَإِذْwa-idh | And when | — |
| 2 | قَالُوا۟qālū | they said | قول |
| 3 | ٱللَّهُمَّl-lahuma | O Allah | أله |
| 4 | إِنin | If | — |
| 5 | كَانَkāna | was | كون |
| 6 | هَـٰذَاhādhā | this | — |
| 7 | هُوَhuwa | [it] | — |
| 8 | ٱلْحَقَّl-ḥaqa | the truth | حقق |
| 9 | مِنْmin | [of] | — |
| 10 | عِندِكَʿindika | from You | عند |
| 11 | فَأَمْطِرْfa-amṭir | then (send) rain | مطر |
| 12 | عَلَيْنَاʿalaynā | upon us | — |
| 13 | حِجَارَةًۭḥijāratan | (of) stones | حجر |
| 14 | مِّنَmina | from | — |
| 15 | ٱلسَّمَآءِl-samāi | the sky | سمو |
| 16 | أَوِawi | or | — |
| 17 | ٱئْتِنَاi'tinā | bring (upon) us | أتي |
| 18 | بِعَذَابٍbiʿadhābin | a punishment | عذب |
| 19 | أَلِيمٍۢalīmin | painful | ألم |