Surah Al-An'am, ayah 157
أَوْ تَقُولُوا۟ لَوْ أَنَّآ أُنزِلَ عَلَيْنَا ٱلْكِتَـٰبُ لَكُنَّآ أَهْدَىٰ مِنْهُمْ ۚ فَقَدْ جَآءَكُم بَيِّنَةٌ مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ وَهُدًى وَرَحْمَةٌ ۚ فَمَنْ أَظْلَمُ مِمَّن كَذَّبَ بِـَٔايَـٰتِ ٱللَّهِ وَصَدَفَ عَنْهَا ۗ سَنَجْزِى ٱلَّذِينَ يَصْدِفُونَ عَنْ ءَايَـٰتِنَا سُوٓءَ ٱلْعَذَابِ بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَصْدِفُونَ
Or lest you say, "If only the Scripture had been revealed to us, we would have been better guided than they." So there has [now] come to you a clear evidence from your Lord and a guidance and mercy. Then who is more unjust than one who denies the verses of Allāh and turns away from them? We will recompense those who turn away from Our verses with the worst of punishment for their having turned away.
Word by word
- أَوْawOr
- تَقُولُوا۟taqūlūyou say
- لَوْlawIf
- أَنَّآannā[that]
- أُنزِلَunzilawas revealed
- عَلَيْنَاʿalaynāto us
- ٱلْكِتَـٰبُl-kitābuthe Book
- لَكُنَّآlakunnāsurely we (would) have been
- أَهْدَىٰahdābetter guided
- مِنْهُمْ ۚmin'humthan them
- فَقَدْfaqadSo verily
- جَآءَكُمjāakumhas come to you
- بَيِّنَةٌۭbayyinatunclear proofs
- مِّنminfrom
- رَّبِّكُمْrabbikumyour Lord
- وَهُدًۭىwahudanand a Guidance
- وَرَحْمَةٌۭ ۚwaraḥmatunand a Mercy
- فَمَنْfamanThen who
- أَظْلَمُaẓlamu(is) more unjust
- مِمَّنmimmanthan (he) who
- كَذَّبَkadhabadenies
- بِـَٔايَـٰتِbiāyāti[with] (the) Verses
- ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
- وَصَدَفَwaṣadafaand turns away
- عَنْهَا ۗʿanhāfrom them
- سَنَجْزِىsanajzīWe will recompense
- ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
- يَصْدِفُونَyaṣdifūnaturn away
- عَنْʿanfrom
- ءَايَـٰتِنَاāyātināOur Signs
- سُوٓءَsūa(with) an evil
- ٱلْعَذَابِl-ʿadhābipunishment
- بِمَاbimābecause
- كَانُوا۟kānūthey used to
- يَصْدِفُونَyaṣdifūnaturn away
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