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Quran 21:2

Surah Al-Anbiyaa, Verse 2

Juz 17 · Page 322 · Ruku 278 · Meccan

مَا يَأْتِيهِم مِّن ذِكْرٍ مِّن رَّبِّهِم مُّحْدَثٍ إِلَّا ٱسْتَمَعُوهُ وَهُمْ يَلْعَبُونَ

Word by word

مَا mā Not يَأْتِيهِم yatīhim comes to them مِّن min of ذِكْرٍۢ dhik'rin a Reminder مِّن min from رَّبِّهِم rabbihim their Lord مُّحْدَثٍ muḥ'dathin anew إِلَّا illā except ٱسْتَمَعُوهُ is'tamaʿūhu they listen to it وَهُمْ wahum while they يَلْعَبُونَ yalʿabūna (are at) play

Transliteration

Ma ya/teehim min thikrin minrabbihim muhdathin illa istamaAAoohu wahumyalAAaboon

Translations

Pickthall — Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

Never cometh there unto them a new reminder from their Lord but they listen to it while they play,

Yusuf Ali — Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Never comes (aught) to them of a renewed Message from their Lord, but they listen to it as in jest,-

تفسير ابن كثير — Ismail ibn Kathir

فقال : ( ما يأتيهم من ذكر من ربهم محدث ) أي : جديد إنزاله ( إلا استمعوه وهم يلعبون ) كما قال ابن عباس : ما لكم تسألون أهل الكتاب عما بأيديهم وقد حرفوه وبدلوه وزادوا فيه ونقصوا منه ، وكتابكم أحدث الكتب بالله تقرءونه محضا لم يشب . ورواه البخاري بنحوه .

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.