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Al-Isra 59

Ayah 59 of 111 · Meccan

وَمَا مَنَعَنَآ أَن نُّرۡسِلَ بِٱلۡأٓيَٰتِ إِلَّآ أَن كَذَّبَ بِهَا ٱلۡأَوَّلُونَۚ وَءَاتَيۡنَا ثَمُودَ ٱلنَّاقَةَ مُبۡصِرَةٗ فَظَلَمُواْ بِهَاۚ وَمَا نُرۡسِلُ بِٱلۡأٓيَٰتِ إِلَّا تَخۡوِيفٗا ٥٩

And nothing has prevented Us from sending signs [i.e., miracles] except that the former peoples denied them. And We gave Thamūd the she-camel as a visible sign, but they wronged her. And We send not the signs except as a warning.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَمَاAnd notwamā
  2. مَنَعَنَآstopped Usmanaʿanā
  3. أَنthatan
  4. نُّرۡسِلَWe sendnur'sila
  5. بِٱلۡأٓيَٰتِthe Signsbil-āyāti
  6. إِلَّآexceptillā
  7. أَنthatan
  8. كَذَّبَdeniedkadhaba
  9. بِهَاthembihā
  10. ٱلۡأَوَّلُونَۚthe former (people)l-awalūna
  11. وَءَاتَيۡنَاAnd We gavewaātaynā
  12. ثَمُودَThamudthamūda
  13. ٱلنَّاقَةَthe she-camell-nāqata
  14. مُبۡصِرَةٗ(as) a visible signmub'ṣiratan
  15. فَظَلَمُواْbut they wrongedfaẓalamū
  16. بِهَاۚherbihā
  17. وَمَاAnd notwamā
  18. نُرۡسِلُWe sendnur'silu
  19. بِٱلۡأٓيَٰتِthe Signsbil-āyāti
  20. إِلَّاexceptillā
  21. تَخۡوِيفٗا(as) a warningtakhwīfan

Tafsir

And I did not stop sending tangible miracles which the idolaters requested, such as reviving the dead, except because I had sent them to previous nations but they rejected them. I had given Thamud a great, clear sign, namely the camel, but they rejected and so I hastened their punishment. And I do not send miracles at the hands of the Messengers except as a warning for their people, so that they believe.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran