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Quran 15:8

Surah Al-Hijr, Verse 8

Juz 14 · Page 262 · Ruku 218 · Meccan

مَا نُنَزِّلُ ٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةَ إِلَّا بِٱلْحَقِّ وَمَا كَانُوٓا۟ إِذًا مُّنظَرِينَ

Word by word

مَا mā Not نُنَزِّلُ nunazzilu We send down ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةَ l-malāikata the Angels إِلَّا illā except بِٱلْحَقِّ bil-ḥaqi with the truth وَمَا wamā and not كَانُوٓا۟ kānū they would be إِذًۭا idhan then مُّنظَرِينَ munẓarīna given respite

Transliteration

Ma nunazzilu almala-ikata illabilhaqqi wama kanoo ithan munthareen

Translations

Pickthall — Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

We send not down the angels save with the Fact, and in that case (the disbelievers) would not be tolerated.

Yusuf Ali — Abdullah Yusuf Ali

We send not the angels down except for just cause: if they came (to the ungodly), behold! no respite would they have!

تفسير ابن كثير — Ismail ibn Kathir

وكذا قال في هذه الآية : ( ما ننزل الملائكة إلا بالحق وما كانوا إذا منظرين )

وقال مجاهد في قوله : ( ما ننزل الملائكة إلا بالحق ) بالرسالة والعذاب .

Arabic text: Tanzil Uthmani 1.1 — Tanzil — non-commercial redistribution with attribution.
Translation: Pickthall by Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall — Public domain.
Translation: Yusuf Ali by Abdullah Yusuf Ali — Public domain.
Commentary: تفسير ابن كثير — Public domain.
Word-by-word data via Quran Foundation. Linguistic annotation: the Quranic Arabic Corpus.