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Al-Furqan 21

Ayah 21 of 77 · Meccan

۞ وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يَرۡجُونَ لِقَآءَنَا لَوۡلَآ أُنزِلَ عَلَيۡنَا ٱلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ أَوۡ نَرَىٰ رَبَّنَاۗ لَقَدِ ٱسۡتَكۡبَرُواْ فِيٓ أَنفُسِهِمۡ وَعَتَوۡ عُتُوّٗا كَبِيرٗا ٢١

And those who do not expect the meeting with Us say, "Why were not angels sent down to us, or [why] do we [not] see our Lord?" They have certainly become arrogant within themselves1 and [become] insolent with great insolence.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 Additional meanings are "among themselves" and "over [the matter of] themselves."

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. ۞ وَقَالَAnd saidwaqāla
  2. ٱلَّذِينَthose whoalladhīna
  3. لَا(do) notlā
  4. يَرۡجُونَexpectyarjūna
  5. لِقَآءَنَا(the) meeting with Usliqāanā
  6. لَوۡلَآWhy notlawlā
  7. أُنزِلَare sent downunzila
  8. عَلَيۡنَاto usʿalaynā
  9. ٱلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةُthe Angelsl-malāikatu
  10. أَوۡoraw
  11. نَرَىٰwe seenarā
  12. رَبَّنَاۗour Lordrabbanā
  13. لَقَدِIndeedlaqadi
  14. ٱسۡتَكۡبَرُواْthey have become arrogantis'takbarū
  15. فِيٓwithinfī
  16. أَنفُسِهِمۡthemselvesanfusihim
  17. وَعَتَوۡand (become) insolentwaʿataw
  18. عُتُوّٗا(with) insolenceʿutuwwan
  19. كَبِيرٗاgreatkabīran

Tafsir

The disbelievers who do not expect to meet Me and who do not fear My punishment said, “Why does not Allah send down the angels to us, so they can tell us about the truth of Muhammad?’ or ‘Why can we not see our Lord with our own eyes, so He can tell us about that?’ They are too proud within themselves and this prevented them from having faith, and they have gone beyond the limit of disbelief and transgression by this statement of theirs.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran