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Ar-Rum 56

Ayah 56 of 60 · Meccan

وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُواْ ٱلۡعِلۡمَ وَٱلۡإِيمَٰنَ لَقَدۡ لَبِثۡتُمۡ فِي كِتَٰبِ ٱللَّهِ إِلَىٰ يَوۡمِ ٱلۡبَعۡثِۖ فَهَٰذَا يَوۡمُ ٱلۡبَعۡثِ وَلَٰكِنَّكُمۡ كُنتُمۡ لَا تَعۡلَمُونَ ٥٦

But those who were given knowledge and faith will say, "You remained the extent of Allāh's decree until the Day of Resurrection, and this is the Day of Resurrection, but you did not used to know."1

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 i.e., acknowledge the truth.

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَقَالَBut will saywaqāla
  2. ٱلَّذِينَthose whoalladhīna
  3. أُوتُواْwere givenūtū
  4. ٱلۡعِلۡمَthe knowledgel-ʿil'ma
  5. وَٱلۡإِيمَٰنَand the faithwal-īmāna
  6. لَقَدۡVerilylaqad
  7. لَبِثۡتُمۡyou remainedlabith'tum
  8. فِيbyfī
  9. كِتَٰبِ(the) Decreekitābi
  10. ٱللَّهِ(of) Allahl-lahi
  11. إِلَىٰuntililā
  12. يَوۡمِ(the) Dayyawmi
  13. ٱلۡبَعۡثِۖ(of) Resurrectionl-baʿthi
  14. فَهَٰذَاAnd thisfahādhā
  15. يَوۡمُ(is the) Dayyawmu
  16. ٱلۡبَعۡثِ(of) the Resurrectionl-baʿthi
  17. وَلَٰكِنَّكُمۡbut youwalākinnakum
  18. كُنتُمۡwerekuntum
  19. لَاnotlā
  20. تَعۡلَمُونَknowingtaʿlamūna

Tafsir

Those prophets and angels to whom Allah has granted knowledge will say, “You remained for as long as Allah decreed according to His infinite knowledge, until the day of your resurrection which you would deny, but you did not know that the resurrection was a reality and so you rejected it.”

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran