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Al-An'am 156

Ayah 156 of 165 · Meccan

أَن تَقُولُوٓاْ إِنَّمَآ أُنزِلَ ٱلۡكِتَٰبُ عَلَىٰ طَآئِفَتَيۡنِ مِن قَبۡلِنَا وَإِن كُنَّا عَن دِرَاسَتِهِمۡ لَغَٰفِلِينَ ١٥٦

[We revealed it] lest you say, "The Scripture was only sent down to two groups before us, but we were of their study unaware,"

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. أَنLestan
  2. تَقُولُوٓاْyou saytaqūlū
  3. إِنَّمَآOnlyinnamā
  4. أُنزِلَwas revealedunzila
  5. ٱلۡكِتَٰبُthe Bookl-kitābu
  6. عَلَىٰonʿalā
  7. طَآئِفَتَيۡنِthe two groupsṭāifatayni
  8. مِنfrommin
  9. قَبۡلِنَاbefore usqablinā
  10. وَإِنand indeedwa-in
  11. كُنَّاwe werekunnā
  12. عَنaboutʿan
  13. دِرَاسَتِهِمۡtheir studydirāsatihim
  14. لَغَٰفِلِينَcertainly unawarelaghāfilīna

Tafsir

This Book was revealed so that you, idolaters, do not say: Allah only revealed the Torah and the Gospel to the Jews and the Christians before us and He did not reveal any scripture to us. I do not know how to read their scriptures as they are in their language and not in ours.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran