Surah Al-Anbya, ayah 44
بَلْ مَتَّعْنَا هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ وَءَابَآءَهُمْ حَتَّىٰ طَالَ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلْعُمُرُ ۗ أَفَلَا يَرَوْنَ أَنَّا نَأْتِى ٱلْأَرْضَ نَنقُصُهَا مِنْ أَطْرَافِهَآ ۚ أَفَهُمُ ٱلْغَـٰلِبُونَ
But, [on the contrary], We have provided good things for these [disbelievers] and their fathers until life was prolonged for them. Then do they not see that We set upon the land, reducing it from its borders? Is it they who will overcome?
Al-Anbya · 21:44
Word by word
- بَلْbalNay
- مَتَّعْنَاmattaʿnāWe gave provision
- هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِhāulāi(to) these
- وَءَابَآءَهُمْwaābāahumand their fathers
- حَتَّىٰḥattāuntil
- طَالَṭālagrew long
- عَلَيْهِمُʿalayhimufor them
- ٱلْعُمُرُ ۗl-ʿumuruthe life
- أَفَلَاafalāThen do not
- يَرَوْنَyarawnathey see
- أَنَّاannāthat We
- نَأْتِىnatīWe come
- ٱلْأَرْضَl-arḍa(to) the land
- نَنقُصُهَاnanquṣuhāWe reduce it
- مِنْminfrom
- أَطْرَافِهَآ ۚaṭrāfihāits borders
- أَفَهُمُafahumuSo is (it) they
- ٱلْغَـٰلِبُونَl-ghālibūna(who will be) overcoming
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