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Al-An'am 157

Ayah 157 of 165 · Meccan

أَوۡ تَقُولُواْ لَوۡ أَنَّآ أُنزِلَ عَلَيۡنَا ٱلۡكِتَٰبُ لَكُنَّآ أَهۡدَىٰ مِنۡهُمۡۚ فَقَدۡ جَآءَكُم بَيِّنَةٞ مِّن رَّبِّكُمۡ وَهُدٗى وَرَحۡمَةٞۚ فَمَنۡ أَظۡلَمُ مِمَّن كَذَّبَ بِـَٔايَٰتِ ٱللَّهِ وَصَدَفَ عَنۡهَاۗ سَنَجۡزِي ٱلَّذِينَ يَصۡدِفُونَ عَنۡ ءَايَٰتِنَا سُوٓءَ ٱلۡعَذَابِ بِمَا كَانُواْ يَصۡدِفُونَ ١٥٧

Or lest you say, "If only the Scripture had been revealed to us, we would have been better guided than they." So there has [now] come to you a clear evidence from your Lord and a guidance and mercy. Then who is more unjust than one who denies the verses of Allāh and turns away from them? We will recompense those who turn away from Our verses with the worst of punishment for their having turned away.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. أَوۡOraw
  2. تَقُولُواْyou saytaqūlū
  3. لَوۡIflaw
  4. أَنَّآ[that]annā
  5. أُنزِلَwas revealedunzila
  6. عَلَيۡنَاto usʿalaynā
  7. ٱلۡكِتَٰبُthe Bookl-kitābu
  8. لَكُنَّآsurely we (would) have beenlakunnā
  9. أَهۡدَىٰbetter guidedahdā
  10. مِنۡهُمۡۚthan themmin'hum
  11. فَقَدۡSo verilyfaqad
  12. جَآءَكُمhas come to youjāakum
  13. بَيِّنَةٞclear proofsbayyinatun
  14. مِّنfrommin
  15. رَّبِّكُمۡyour Lordrabbikum
  16. وَهُدٗىand a Guidancewahudan
  17. وَرَحۡمَةٞۚand a Mercywaraḥmatun
  18. فَمَنۡThen whofaman
  19. أَظۡلَمُ(is) more unjustaẓlamu
  20. مِمَّنthan (he) whomimman
  21. كَذَّبَdenieskadhaba
  22. بِـَٔايَٰتِ[with] (the) Versesbiāyāti
  23. ٱللَّهِ(of) Allahl-lahi
  24. وَصَدَفَand turns awaywaṣadafa
  25. عَنۡهَاۗfrom themʿanhā
  26. سَنَجۡزِيWe will recompensesanajzī
  27. ٱلَّذِينَthose whoalladhīna
  28. يَصۡدِفُونَturn awayyaṣdifūna
  29. عَنۡfromʿan
  30. ءَايَٰتِنَاOur Signsāyātinā
  31. سُوٓءَ(with) an evilsūa
  32. ٱلۡعَذَابِpunishmentl-ʿadhābi
  33. بِمَاbecausebimā
  34. كَانُواْthey used tokānū
  35. يَصۡدِفُونَturn awayyaṣdifūna

Tafsir

Likewise, I sent this Book so that you do not say: If Allah had revealed a scripture to us, just as He did to the Jews and Christians, we would have been more upright than them. So now has Allah revealed the Book to your prophet, Muhammad (peace be upon him), in your language: a clear proof, guidance, and a mercy for the entire nation. Then do not offer false excuses and give invalid reasons for rejecting it. Surely the greatest wrongdoer is the person who denies Allah’s ayahs and turns away from them. Allah will punish those who turn away from His words with a severe punishment, by causing them to enter the fire of Hell as a repayment for their turning away from and ignoring them.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran