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Al-'Ankabut 48

Ayah 48 of 69 · Meccan

وَمَا كُنتَ تَتۡلُواْ مِن قَبۡلِهِۦ مِن كِتَٰبٖ وَلَا تَخُطُّهُۥ بِيَمِينِكَۖ إِذٗا لَّٱرۡتَابَ ٱلۡمُبۡطِلُونَ ٤٨

And you did not recite before it any scripture, nor did you inscribe one with your right hand. Then [i.e., otherwise] the falsifiers would have had [cause for] doubt.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَمَاAnd notwamā
  2. كُنتَ(did) youkunta
  3. تَتۡلُواْrecitetatlū
  4. مِنbefore itmin
  5. قَبۡلِهِۦbefore itqablihi
  6. مِنanymin
  7. كِتَٰبٖBookkitābin
  8. وَلَاand notwalā
  9. تَخُطُّهُۥ(did) you write ittakhuṭṭuhu
  10. بِيَمِينِكَۖwith your right handbiyamīnika
  11. إِذٗاin that caseidhan
  12. لَّٱرۡتَابَsurely (would) have doubtedla-ir'tāba
  13. ٱلۡمُبۡطِلُونَthe falsifiersl-mub'ṭilūna

Tafsir

O Messenger! You never read any book before the Qur’ān, nor did you write anything with your hand because you are unlettered and cannot read or write. Had you been able to read and write, the ignorant people would have doubted your messengership and used it as an excuse to say you were relating from the previous Books.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran