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Al-Mulk 28

Ayah 28 of 30 · Meccan

قُلۡ أَرَءَيۡتُمۡ إِنۡ أَهۡلَكَنِيَ ٱللَّهُ وَمَن مَّعِيَ أَوۡ رَحِمَنَا فَمَن يُجِيرُ ٱلۡكَٰفِرِينَ مِنۡ عَذَابٍ أَلِيمٖ ٢٨

Say, [O Muḥammad], "Have you considered:1 whether Allāh should cause my death and those with me or have mercy upon us, who can protect the disbelievers from a painful punishment?"

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 i.e., inform me.

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. قُلۡSayqul
  2. أَرَءَيۡتُمۡHave you seenara-aytum
  3. إِنۡifin
  4. أَهۡلَكَنِيَdestroys meahlakaniya
  5. ٱللَّهُAllahl-lahu
  6. وَمَنand whoeverwaman
  7. مَّعِيَ(is) with memaʿiya
  8. أَوۡoraw
  9. رَحِمَنَاhas mercy upon usraḥimanā
  10. فَمَنthen whofaman
  11. يُجِيرُ(can) protectyujīru
  12. ٱلۡكَٰفِرِينَthe disbelieversl-kāfirīna
  13. مِنۡfrommin
  14. عَذَابٍa punishmentʿadhābin
  15. أَلِيمٖpainfulalīmin

Tafsir

O Messenger! Say to these rejecting idolaters, reprimanding them: “Tell me, if Allah was to case death to me and to those with me i.e. the believers, who will save the disbelievers from a painful punishment?” No one will ever save them from it.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran