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Al-Qasas 46

Ayah 46 of 88 · Meccan

وَمَا كُنتَ بِجَانِبِ ٱلطُّورِ إِذۡ نَادَيۡنَا وَلَٰكِن رَّحۡمَةٗ مِّن رَّبِّكَ لِتُنذِرَ قَوۡمٗا مَّآ أَتَىٰهُم مِّن نَّذِيرٖ مِّن قَبۡلِكَ لَعَلَّهُمۡ يَتَذَكَّرُونَ ٤٦

And you were not at the side of the mount when We called [Moses] but [were sent] as a mercy from your Lord to warn a people to whom no warner had come before you that they might be reminded.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَمَاAnd notwamā
  2. كُنتَyou werekunta
  3. بِجَانِبِat (the) sidebijānibi
  4. ٱلطُّورِ(of) the Turl-ṭūri
  5. إِذۡwhenidh
  6. نَادَيۡنَاWe callednādaynā
  7. وَلَٰكِنButwalākin
  8. رَّحۡمَةٗ(as) a mercyraḥmatan
  9. مِّنfrommin
  10. رَّبِّكَyour Lordrabbika
  11. لِتُنذِرَso that you warnlitundhira
  12. قَوۡمٗاa peopleqawman
  13. مَّآnotmā
  14. أَتَىٰهُم(had) come to thematāhum
  15. مِّنanymin
  16. نَّذِيرٖwarnernadhīrin
  17. مِّنbefore youmin
  18. قَبۡلِكَbefore youqablika
  19. لَعَلَّهُمۡso that they maylaʿallahum
  20. يَتَذَكَّرُونَrememberyatadhakkarūna

Tafsir

Neither were you present at the side of mount Sinai when I called out to Moses and revealed whatever I revealed to him, so that you could relate that to the people either. Rather, I sent you as a mercy from your Lord to the people and revealed that incident to you, so that you could warn a nation to whom no Messenger had come prior to yourself, perhaps they would take heed and believe in whatever was brought to them from Allah, may He be glorified.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran