Surah An-Naml, ayah 46
قَالَ يَـٰقَوْمِ لِمَ تَسْتَعْجِلُونَ بِٱلسَّيِّئَةِ قَبْلَ ٱلْحَسَنَةِ ۖ لَوْلَا تَسْتَغْفِرُونَ ٱللَّهَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُرْحَمُونَ
He said, "O my people, why are you impatient for evil before [i.e., instead of] good? Why do you not seek forgiveness of Allāh that you may receive mercy?"
An-Naml · 27:46
Word by word
- قَالَqālaHe said
- يَـٰقَوْمِyāqawmiO my people
- لِمَlimaWhy
- تَسْتَعْجِلُونَtastaʿjilūna(do) you seek to hasten
- بِٱلسَّيِّئَةِbil-sayi-atithe evil
- قَبْلَqablabefore
- ٱلْحَسَنَةِ ۖl-ḥasanatithe good
- لَوْلَاlawlāWhy not
- تَسْتَغْفِرُونَtastaghfirūnayou ask forgiveness
- ٱللَّهَl-laha(of) Allah
- لَعَلَّكُمْlaʿallakumso that you may
- تُرْحَمُونَtur'ḥamūnareceive mercy
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