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Al-An'am 8

Ayah 8 of 165 · Meccan

وَقَالُواْ لَوۡلَآ أُنزِلَ عَلَيۡهِ مَلَكٞۖ وَلَوۡ أَنزَلۡنَا مَلَكٗا لَّقُضِيَ ٱلۡأَمۡرُ ثُمَّ لَا يُنظَرُونَ ٨

And they say, "Why was there not sent down to him an angel?"1 But if We had sent down an angel, the matter would have been decided;2 then they would not be reprieved.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 In support of his prophethood (ﷺ).

2 They would have been destroyed immediately with no chance for repentance.

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Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَقَالُواْAnd they saidwaqālū
  2. لَوۡلَآWhy has not beenlawlā
  3. أُنزِلَsent downunzila
  4. عَلَيۡهِto himʿalayhi
  5. مَلَكٞۖan Angelmalakun
  6. وَلَوۡAnd ifwalaw
  7. أَنزَلۡنَاWe (had) sent downanzalnā
  8. مَلَكٗاan Angelmalakan
  9. لَّقُضِيَsurely (would) have been decidedlaquḍiya
  10. ٱلۡأَمۡرُthe matterl-amru
  11. ثُمَّthenthumma
  12. لَاnolā
  13. يُنظَرُونَrespite would have been granted to themyunẓarūna

Tafsir

These disbelievers said, ‘We will believe if Allah sends down an angel with Muhammad (peace be upon him) who speaks to us and bears witness that he is a messenger’. If we send down an angel of the kind they wish, we will destroy them if they do not believe; and they will not be given time to repent.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran