إِذْ أَنتُم بِالْعُدْوَةِ الدُّنْيَا وَهُم بِالْعُدْوَةِ الْقُصْوَىٰ وَالرَّكْبُ أَسْفَلَ مِنكُمْ ۚ وَلَوْ تَوَاعَدتُّمْ لَاخْتَلَفْتُمْ فِي الْمِيعَادِ ۙ وَلَٰكِن لِّيَقْضِيَ اللَّهُ أَمْرًا كَانَ مَفْعُولًا لِّيَهْلِكَ مَنْ هَلَكَ عَن بَيِّنَةٍ وَيَحْيَىٰ مَنْ حَيَّ عَن بَيِّنَةٍ ۗ وَإِنَّ اللَّهَ لَسَمِيعٌ عَلِيمٌ
Iz antum bil'udwatid dunyaa wa hum bil'udwatil quswaa warrakbu asfala minkum; wa law tawaa'attum lakhtalaftum fil mee'aadi wa laakil liyaqdiyal laahu amran kaana maf'oolal liyahlika man halaka 'am baiyinatinw wa yahyaa man haiya 'am baiyinah; wa innal laaha la Samee'un 'Aleem
Word by word إِذْ idh When أَنتُم antum you (were) بِالْعُدْوَةِ bil-ʿud'wati on side of the valley الدُّنْيَا l-dun'yā the nearer وَهُم wahum and they بِالْعُدْوَةِ bil-ʿud'wati (were) on the side الْقُصْوَىٰ l-quṣ'wā the farther وَالرَّكْبُ wal-rakbu and the caravan أَسْفَلَ asfala (was) lower مِنكُمْ ۚ minkum than you وَلَوْ walaw And if تَوَاعَدتُّمْ tawāʿadttum you (had) made an appointment لَاخْتَلَفْتُمْ la-ikh'talaftum certainly you would have failed فِى fī in الْمِيعَـٰدِ ۙ l-mīʿādi the appointment وَلَـٰكِن walākin But لِّيَقْضِىَ liyaqḍiya that might accomplish اللَّهُ l-lahu Allah أَمْرًۭا amran a matter كَانَ kāna (that) was مَفْعُولًۭا mafʿūlan destined لِّيَهْلِكَ liyahlika that (might be) destroyed مَنْ man (those) who هَلَكَ halaka (were to be) destroyed عَنۢ ʿan on بَيِّنَةٍۢ bayyinatin a clear evidence وَيَحْيَىٰ wayaḥyā and (might) live مَنْ man (those) who حَىَّ ḥayya (were to) live عَنۢ ʿan on بَيِّنَةٍۢ ۗ bayyinatin a clear evidence وَإِنَّ wa-inna And indeed اللَّهَ l-laha Allah لَسَمِيعٌ lasamīʿun (is) All-Hearing عَلِيمٌ ʿalīmun All-Knowing ٤٢
Translations Tafsir Notes Related Related verses Related verses coming in Slice B backend.
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