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Al-Isra 85

Ayah 85 of 111 · Meccan

وَيَسۡـَٔلُونَكَ عَنِ ٱلرُّوحِۖ قُلِ ٱلرُّوحُ مِنۡ أَمۡرِ رَبِّي وَمَآ أُوتِيتُم مِّنَ ٱلۡعِلۡمِ إِلَّا قَلِيلٗا ٨٥

And they ask you, [O Muḥammad], about the soul. Say, "The soul is of the affair [i.e., concern] of my Lord. And you [i.e., mankind] have not been given of knowledge except a little."

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَيَسۡـَٔلُونَكَAnd they ask youwayasalūnaka
  2. عَنِconcerningʿani
  3. ٱلرُّوحِۖthe soull-rūḥi
  4. قُلِSayquli
  5. ٱلرُّوحُThe soull-rūḥu
  6. مِنۡ(is) ofmin
  7. أَمۡرِ(the) affairamri
  8. رَبِّي(of) my Lordrabbī
  9. وَمَآAnd notwamā
  10. أُوتِيتُمyou have been givenūtītum
  11. مِّنَofmina
  12. ٱلۡعِلۡمِthe knowledgel-ʿil'mi
  13. إِلَّاexceptillā
  14. قَلِيلٗاa littleqalīlan

Tafsir

O Messenger, the disbelievers among the People of the Book ask you regarding the reality of the soul. Say to them: The soul is from the command of my Lord. And the knowledge you and all the creation of Allah have been granted is little in comparison to the knowledge of Allah.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran