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An-Nur 20

Ayah 20 of 64 · Medinan

وَلَوۡلَا فَضۡلُ ٱللَّهِ عَلَيۡكُمۡ وَرَحۡمَتُهُۥ وَأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ رَءُوفٞ رَّحِيمٞ ٢٠

And if it had not been for the favor of Allāh upon you and His mercy...1 and because Allāh is Kind and Merciful.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 See footnote to verse 10.

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَلَوۡلَاAnd if notwalawlā
  2. فَضۡلُ(for the) Grace of Allahfaḍlu
  3. ٱللَّهِ(for the) Grace of Allahl-lahi
  4. عَلَيۡكُمۡupon youʿalaykum
  5. وَرَحۡمَتُهُۥand His Mercywaraḥmatuhu
  6. وَأَنَّAnd thatwa-anna
  7. ٱللَّهَAllahl-laha
  8. رَءُوفٞ(is) Full of Kindnessraūfun
  9. رَّحِيمٞMost Mercifulraḥīmun

Tafsir

Had it not been for Allah’s grace upon you, O you who fell into the slander, and His mercy on You, and had it not been that Allah is compassionate and merciful to you, He would have punished you quickly.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran