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Al-An'am 47

Ayah 47 of 165 · Meccan

قُلۡ أَرَءَيۡتَكُمۡ إِنۡ أَتَىٰكُمۡ عَذَابُ ٱللَّهِ بَغۡتَةً أَوۡ جَهۡرَةً هَلۡ يُهۡلَكُ إِلَّا ٱلۡقَوۡمُ ٱلظَّٰلِمُونَ ٤٧

Say, "Have you considered: if the punishment of Allāh should come to you unexpectedly or manifestly,1 will any be destroyed but the wrongdoing people?"

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 i.e., before your eyes.

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. قُلۡSayqul
  2. أَرَءَيۡتَكُمۡHave you seenara-aytakum
  3. إِنۡifin
  4. أَتَىٰكُمۡcomes to youatākum
  5. عَذَابُpunishmentʿadhābu
  6. ٱللَّهِ(of) Allahl-lahi
  7. بَغۡتَةًsuddenlybaghtatan
  8. أَوۡoraw
  9. جَهۡرَةًopenlyjahratan
  10. هَلۡwillhal
  11. يُهۡلَكُ(any) be destroyedyuh'laku
  12. إِلَّاexceptillā
  13. ٱلۡقَوۡمُthe people l-qawmu
  14. ٱلظَّٰلِمُونَthe wrongdoersl-ẓālimūna

Tafsir

Tell me, if Allah’s punishment comes to you suddenly without your realizing it, or if it comes to you openly before your eyes, then is it not so that only those who do wrong by disbelieving Allah and His messengers will be destroyed, and only those who have faith in Allah and follow His messengers will be saved.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran