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Quran 21:38

Surah Al-Anbiyaa, Verse 38

Juz 17 · Page 325 · Ruku 280 · Meccan

وَيَقُولُونَ مَتَىٰ هَٰذَا ٱلْوَعْدُ إِن كُنتُمْ صَٰدِقِينَ

Word by word

وَيَقُولُونَ wayaqūlūna And they say مَتَىٰ matā When (will be fulfilled) هَـٰذَا hādhā this ٱلْوَعْدُ l-waʿdu promise إِن in if كُنتُمْ kuntum you are صَـٰدِقِينَ ṣādiqīna truthful

Transliteration

Wayaqooloona mata hathaalwaAAdu in kuntum sadiqeen

Translations

Pickthall — Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

And they say: When will this promise (be fulfilled), if ye are truthful?

Yusuf Ali — Abdullah Yusuf Ali

They say: "When will this promise come to pass, if ye are telling the truth?"

تفسير ابن كثير — Ismail ibn Kathir

يخبر تعالى عن المشركين أنهم يستعجلون أيضا بوقوع العذاب بهم ، تكذيبا وجحودا وكفرا وعنادا واستبعادا ، فقال : ( ويقولون متى هذا الوعد إن كنتم صادقين )

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.