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Ar-Ra'd 38

Ayah 38 of 43 · Medinan

وَلَقَدۡ أَرۡسَلۡنَا رُسُلٗا مِّن قَبۡلِكَ وَجَعَلۡنَا لَهُمۡ أَزۡوَٰجٗا وَذُرِّيَّةٗۚ وَمَا كَانَ لِرَسُولٍ أَن يَأۡتِيَ بِـَٔايَةٍ إِلَّا بِإِذۡنِ ٱللَّهِۗ لِكُلِّ أَجَلٖ كِتَابٞ ٣٨

And We have already sent messengers before you and assigned to them wives and descendants. And it was not for a messenger to come with a sign except by permission of Allāh. For every term is a decree.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَلَقَدۡAnd certainlywalaqad
  2. أَرۡسَلۡنَاWe sentarsalnā
  3. رُسُلٗاMessengersrusulan
  4. مِّنfrommin
  5. قَبۡلِكَbefore youqablika
  6. وَجَعَلۡنَاand We madewajaʿalnā
  7. لَهُمۡfor themlahum
  8. أَزۡوَٰجٗاwivesazwājan
  9. وَذُرِّيَّةٗۚand offspringwadhurriyyatan
  10. وَمَاAnd notwamā
  11. كَانَwaskāna
  12. لِرَسُولٍfor a Messengerlirasūlin
  13. أَنthatan
  14. يَأۡتِيَhe comesyatiya
  15. بِـَٔايَةٍwith a signbiāyatin
  16. إِلَّاexceptillā
  17. بِإِذۡنِby the leavebi-idh'ni
  18. ٱللَّهِۗ(of) Allahl-lahi
  19. لِكُلِّFor everythinglikulli
  20. أَجَلٖ(is) a timeajalin
  21. كِتَابٞprescribedkitābun

Tafsir

We sent messengers before you, O Messenger, who were human - so you are nothing new among the messengers. We gave them wives and children like other human beings. We did not make them angels who do not marry and have children. You are one of these messengers who marry and have children. Why then are these idolaters surprised at this? No messenger can bring a miracle except if Allah gives permission for him to do so. For every matter decreed by Allah there is a Book in which it is mentioned and a time which will neither come too early nor too late.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran