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Al-Furqan 20

Ayah 20 of 77 · Meccan

وَمَآ أَرۡسَلۡنَا قَبۡلَكَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُرۡسَلِينَ إِلَّآ إِنَّهُمۡ لَيَأۡكُلُونَ ٱلطَّعَامَ وَيَمۡشُونَ فِي ٱلۡأَسۡوَاقِۗ وَجَعَلۡنَا بَعۡضَكُمۡ لِبَعۡضٖ فِتۡنَةً أَتَصۡبِرُونَۗ وَكَانَ رَبُّكَ بَصِيرٗا ٢٠

And We did not send before you, [O Muḥammad], any of the messengers except that they ate food and walked in the markets. And We have made some of you [people] as trial for others - will you have patience? And ever is your Lord, Seeing.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَمَآAnd notwamā
  2. أَرۡسَلۡنَاWe sentarsalnā
  3. قَبۡلَكَbefore youqablaka
  4. مِنَanymina
  5. ٱلۡمُرۡسَلِينَMessengersl-mur'salīna
  6. إِلَّآbutillā
  7. إِنَّهُمۡindeed, theyinnahum
  8. لَيَأۡكُلُونَ[surely] atelayakulūna
  9. ٱلطَّعَامَfoodl-ṭaʿāma
  10. وَيَمۡشُونَand walkedwayamshūna
  11. فِيinfī
  12. ٱلۡأَسۡوَاقِۗthe marketsl-aswāqi
  13. وَجَعَلۡنَاAnd We have madewajaʿalnā
  14. بَعۡضَكُمۡsome of youbaʿḍakum
  15. لِبَعۡضٖfor otherslibaʿḍin
  16. فِتۡنَةًa trialfit'natan
  17. أَتَصۡبِرُونَۗwill you have patienceataṣbirūna
  18. وَكَانَAnd iswakāna
  19. رَبُّكَyour Lordrabbuka
  20. بَصِيرٗاAll-Seerbaṣīran

Tafsir

O Messenger! All the messengers I sent before you were humans who would eat food and walk in the markets; you are not a unique messenger in that sense. O people! I have made you tests for each other by granting you varying degrees of affluence, poverty, health and sickness; throughout these different circumstances, will you bear whatever I afflict you with so that I may reward you upon your patience? Your Lord is ever-aware of those who bear patience and those who do not, and those who obey Him and those who disobey Him.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran