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Ya-Sin 28

Ayah 28 of 83 · Meccan

۞ وَمَآ أَنزَلۡنَا عَلَىٰ قَوۡمِهِۦ مِنۢ بَعۡدِهِۦ مِن جُندٖ مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَمَا كُنَّا مُنزِلِينَ ٢٨

And We did not send down upon his people after him any soldiers from the heaven, nor would We have done so.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. ۞ وَمَآAnd notwamā
  2. أَنزَلۡنَاWe sent downanzalnā
  3. عَلَىٰuponʿalā
  4. قَوۡمِهِۦhis peopleqawmihi
  5. مِنۢafter himmin
  6. بَعۡدِهِۦafter himbaʿdihi
  7. مِنanymin
  8. جُندٖhostjundin
  9. مِّنَfrommina
  10. ٱلسَّمَآءِthe heavenl-samāi
  11. وَمَاand notwamā
  12. كُنَّاwere Wekunnā
  13. مُنزِلِينَ(to) send downmunzilīna

Tafsir

In order to destroy his people who had denied and killed him, I did not need an army of angels to be sent down from the sky. Their matter was much easier than that for Me. I had decreed that their destruction will be by a blast from the sky and not by sending down the angels of punishment.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran