Surah Al-Kahf, ayah 55
وَمَا مَنَعَ ٱلنَّاسَ أَن يُؤْمِنُوٓا۟ إِذْ جَآءَهُمُ ٱلْهُدَىٰ وَيَسْتَغْفِرُوا۟ رَبَّهُمْ إِلَّآ أَن تَأْتِيَهُمْ سُنَّةُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ أَوْ يَأْتِيَهُمُ ٱلْعَذَابُ قُبُلًا
And nothing has prevented the people from believing when guidance came to them and from asking forgiveness of their Lord except that there [must] befall them the [accustomed] precedent of the former peoples or that the punishment should come [directly] before them.
Al-Kahf · 18:55
Word by word
- وَمَاwamāAnd nothing
- مَنَعَmanaʿaprevents
- ٱلنَّاسَl-nāsamen
- أَنanthat
- يُؤْمِنُوٓا۟yu'minūthey believe
- إِذْidhwhen
- جَآءَهُمُjāahumuhas come to them
- ٱلْهُدَىٰl-hudāthe guidance
- وَيَسْتَغْفِرُوا۟wayastaghfirūand they ask forgiveness
- رَبَّهُمْrabbahum(of) their Lord
- إِلَّآillāexcept
- أَنanthat
- تَأْتِيَهُمْtatiyahumcomes to them
- سُنَّةُsunnatu(the) way
- ٱلْأَوَّلِينَl-awalīna(of) the former (people)
- أَوْawor
- يَأْتِيَهُمُyatiyahumucomes to them
- ٱلْعَذَابُl-ʿadhābuthe punishment
- قُبُلًۭاqubulanbefore (them)
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