إِن نَّشَأۡ نُنَزِّلۡ عَلَيۡهِم مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ ءَايَةٗ فَظَلَّتۡ أَعۡنَٰقُهُمۡ لَهَا خَٰضِعِينَ ٤
If We willed, We could send down to them from the sky a sign for which their necks would remain humbled. 1
Translation: Saheeh International (English)
1 i.e., they would be compelled to believe.
Word by word Each word's meaning and sound
إِن If in نَّشَأۡ We will nasha نُنَزِّلۡ We can send down nunazzil عَلَيۡهِم to them ʿalayhim مِّنَ from mina ٱلسَّمَآءِ the sky l-samāi ءَايَةٗ a Sign āyatan فَظَلَّتۡ so would bend faẓallat أَعۡنَٰقُهُمۡ their necks aʿnāquhum لَهَا to it lahā خَٰضِعِينَ (in) humility khāḍiʿīna Tafsir If I had wished to send down to them a miracle from the sky I would have sent it down and their necks would remain bowed in utter humility before it. But I did not wish that, in order to test them: Do they believe in the Ghaib?
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