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Al-Anbya 111

Ayah 111 of 112 · Meccan

وَإِنۡ أَدۡرِي لَعَلَّهُۥ فِتۡنَةٞ لَّكُمۡ وَمَتَٰعٌ إِلَىٰ حِينٖ ١١١

And I know not; perhaps it1 is a trial for you and enjoyment for a time."

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 The postponement of punishment.

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Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَإِنۡAnd notwa-in
  2. أَدۡرِيI knowadrī
  3. لَعَلَّهُۥperhaps it may belaʿallahu
  4. فِتۡنَةٞa trialfit'natun
  5. لَّكُمۡfor youlakum
  6. وَمَتَٰعٌand an enjoymentwamatāʿun
  7. إِلَىٰforilā
  8. حِينٖa timeḥīnin

Tafsir

I do not know whether your respite from being punished is a test for you, or whether it is to lure you further into destruction, and to give you freedom until a time decreed in the Knowledge of Allah, so that you persist in your disbelief and error.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran