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Az-Zukhruf 53

Ayah 53 of 89 · Meccan

فَلَوۡلَآ أُلۡقِيَ عَلَيۡهِ أَسۡوِرَةٞ مِّن ذَهَبٍ أَوۡ جَآءَ مَعَهُ ٱلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ مُقۡتَرِنِينَ ٥٣

Then why have there not been placed upon him bracelets of gold or come with him the angels in conjunction?"

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. فَلَوۡلَآThen why notfalawlā
  2. أُلۡقِيَare placedul'qiya
  3. عَلَيۡهِon himʿalayhi
  4. أَسۡوِرَةٞbraceletsaswiratun
  5. مِّنofmin
  6. ذَهَبٍgolddhahabin
  7. أَوۡoraw
  8. جَآءَcomejāa
  9. مَعَهُwith himmaʿahu
  10. ٱلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةُthe Angelsl-malāikatu
  11. مُقۡتَرِنِينَaccompanying (him)muq'tarinīna

Tafsir

“Why did Allah who sent him not throw down golden bracelets on him so that it becomes clear that he is His Messenger, or why did the angels not come with him, following one another?”

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran