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Taha 134

Ayah 134 of 135 · Meccan

وَلَوۡ أَنَّآ أَهۡلَكۡنَٰهُم بِعَذَابٖ مِّن قَبۡلِهِۦ لَقَالُواْ رَبَّنَا لَوۡلَآ أَرۡسَلۡتَ إِلَيۡنَا رَسُولٗا فَنَتَّبِعَ ءَايَٰتِكَ مِن قَبۡلِ أَن نَّذِلَّ وَنَخۡزَىٰ ١٣٤

And if We had destroyed them with a punishment before him,1 they would have said, "Our Lord, why did You not send to us a messenger so we could have followed Your verses [i.e., teachings] before we were humiliated and disgraced?"

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 Prophet Muḥammad (ﷺ). Also interpreted as "before it," i.e., the Qur’ān.

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Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَلَوۡAnd ifwalaw
  2. أَنَّآWeannā
  3. أَهۡلَكۡنَٰهُم(had) destroyed themahlaknāhum
  4. بِعَذَابٖwith a punishmentbiʿadhābin
  5. مِّنbefore himmin
  6. قَبۡلِهِۦbefore himqablihi
  7. لَقَالُواْsurely they (would) have saidlaqālū
  8. رَبَّنَاOur Lordrabbanā
  9. لَوۡلَآwhy notlawlā
  10. أَرۡسَلۡتَYou sentarsalta
  11. إِلَيۡنَاto usilaynā
  12. رَسُولٗاa Messengerrasūlan
  13. فَنَتَّبِعَso we (could) have followedfanattabiʿa
  14. ءَايَٰتِكَYour signsāyātika
  15. مِنbeforemin
  16. قَبۡلِbeforeqabli
  17. أَن[that]an
  18. نَّذِلَّwe were humiliatednadhilla
  19. وَنَخۡزَىٰand disgracedwanakhzā

Tafsir

And if I were to destroy these deniers of the Prophet (peace be upon him) by sending punishment on them due to their disbelief and obstinacy, before sending a messenger to them and revealing a book to them, they would say on the Day of Judgment, as an excuse for their disbelief: “O Lord, if only You had sent a messenger to us in the world, so that we could have believed in him and followed the verses that he brought, before disgrace and shame befell us through Your punishment”.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran