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Al-Isra 88

Ayah 88 of 111 · Meccan

قُل لَّئِنِ ٱجۡتَمَعَتِ ٱلۡإِنسُ وَٱلۡجِنُّ عَلَىٰٓ أَن يَأۡتُواْ بِمِثۡلِ هَٰذَا ٱلۡقُرۡءَانِ لَا يَأۡتُونَ بِمِثۡلِهِۦ وَلَوۡ كَانَ بَعۡضُهُمۡ لِبَعۡضٖ ظَهِيرٗا ٨٨

Say, "If mankind and the jinn gathered in order to produce the like of this Qur’ān, they could not produce the like of it, even if they were to each other assistants."

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. قُلSayqul
  2. لَّئِنِIfla-ini
  3. ٱجۡتَمَعَتِgatheredij'tamaʿati
  4. ٱلۡإِنسُthe mankindl-insu
  5. وَٱلۡجِنُّand the jinnwal-jinu
  6. عَلَىٰٓtoʿalā
  7. أَن[that]an
  8. يَأۡتُواْbringyatū
  9. بِمِثۡلِthe likebimith'li
  10. هَٰذَا(of) thishādhā
  11. ٱلۡقُرۡءَانِQuranl-qur'āni
  12. لَاnotlā
  13. يَأۡتُونَthey (could) bringyatūna
  14. بِمِثۡلِهِۦthe like of itbimith'lihi
  15. وَلَوۡeven ifwalaw
  16. كَانَwerekāna
  17. بَعۡضُهُمۡsome of thembaʿḍuhum
  18. لِبَعۡضٖto some otherslibaʿḍin
  19. ظَهِيرٗاassistantsẓahīran

Tafsir

Say, O Messenger: If all of humankind and jinns united to bring the like of this Qur’ān which was revealed to you, in its eloquence, excellent sequence and pure style, they will never be able to bring anything like it, even if they were to all assist and help one another.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran