Surah Al-An'am, ayah 156
أَن تَقُولُوٓا۟ إِنَّمَآ أُنزِلَ ٱلْكِتَـٰبُ عَلَىٰ طَآئِفَتَيْنِ مِن قَبْلِنَا وَإِن كُنَّا عَن دِرَاسَتِهِمْ لَغَـٰفِلِينَ
[We revealed it] lest you say, "The Scripture was only sent down to two groups before us, but we were of their study unaware,"
Al-An'am · 6:156
Word by word
- أَنanLest
- تَقُولُوٓا۟taqūlūyou say
- إِنَّمَآinnamāOnly
- أُنزِلَunzilawas revealed
- ٱلْكِتَـٰبُl-kitābuthe Book
- عَلَىٰʿalāon
- طَآئِفَتَيْنِṭāifataynithe two groups
- مِنminfrom
- قَبْلِنَاqablinābefore us
- وَإِنwa-inand indeed
- كُنَّاkunnāwe were
- عَنʿanabout
- دِرَاسَتِهِمْdirāsatihimtheir study
- لَغَـٰفِلِينَlaghāfilīnacertainly unaware
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