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Al-An'am 40

Ayah 40 of 165 · Meccan

قُلۡ أَرَءَيۡتَكُمۡ إِنۡ أَتَىٰكُمۡ عَذَابُ ٱللَّهِ أَوۡ أَتَتۡكُمُ ٱلسَّاعَةُ أَغَيۡرَ ٱللَّهِ تَدۡعُونَ إِن كُنتُمۡ صَٰدِقِينَ ٤٠

Say, "Have you considered:1 if there came to you the punishment of Allāh or there came to you the Hour - is it other than Allāh you would invoke, if you should be truthful?"

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 The meaning is understood to be "Tell me..."

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. قُلۡSayqul
  2. أَرَءَيۡتَكُمۡHave you seenara-aytakum
  3. إِنۡifin
  4. أَتَىٰكُمۡ(there) came to youatākum
  5. عَذَابُpunishmentʿadhābu
  6. ٱللَّهِ(of) Allahl-lahi
  7. أَوۡoraw
  8. أَتَتۡكُمُ(there) came to youatatkumu
  9. ٱلسَّاعَةُthe Hour l-sāʿatu
  10. أَغَيۡرَis it otheraghayra
  11. ٱللَّهِ(than) Allahl-lahi
  12. تَدۡعُونَyou calltadʿūna
  13. إِنifin
  14. كُنتُمۡyou arekuntum
  15. صَٰدِقِينَtruthfulṣādiqīna

Tafsir

Say, O Messenger, to these idolaters: Tell me, if a punishment from Allah comes to you or if the Hour that you have been promised comes to you, will you call on anyone besides Allah at that time to remove the calamity and difficulty that has come upon you? This is if you are truthful that those whom you worship can bring benefit and remove harm.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran