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Quran 28:71

Surah Al-Qasas, Verse 71

Juz 20 · Page 394 · Ruku 340 · Meccan

قُلْ أَرَءَيْتُمْ إِن جَعَلَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيْكُمُ ٱلَّيْلَ سَرْمَدًا إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ مَنْ إِلَٰهٌ غَيْرُ ٱللَّهِ يَأْتِيكُم بِضِيَآءٍ أَفَلَا تَسْمَعُونَ

Word by word

قُلْ qul Say أَرَءَيْتُمْ ara-aytum Have you seen إِن in if جَعَلَ jaʿala Allah made ٱللَّهُ l-lahu Allah made عَلَيْكُمُ ʿalaykumu for you ٱلَّيْلَ al-layla the night سَرْمَدًا sarmadan continuous إِلَىٰ ilā till يَوْمِ yawmi (the) Day ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ l-qiyāmati (of) the Resurrection مَنْ man who إِلَـٰهٌ ilāhun (is the) god غَيْرُ ghayru besides ٱللَّهِ l-lahi Allah يَأْتِيكُم yatīkum who could bring you بِضِيَآءٍ ۖ biḍiyāin light أَفَلَا afalā Then will not تَسْمَعُونَ tasmaʿūna you hear

Transliteration

Qul araaytum in jaAAala AllahuAAalaykumu allayla sarmadan ila yawmi alqiyamatiman ilahun ghayru Allahi ya/teekum bidiya-inafala tasmaAAoon

Translations

Pickthall — Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

Say: Have ye thought, if Allah made night everlasting for you till the Day of Resurrection, who is a god beside Allah who could bring you light? Will ye not then hear?

Yusuf Ali — Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Say: See ye? If Allah were to make the night perpetual over you to the Day of Judgment, what god is there other than Allah, who can give you enlightenment? Will ye not then hearken?

تفسير ابن كثير — Ismail ibn Kathir

يقول تعالى ممتنا على عباده بما سخر لهم من الليل والنهار ، اللذين لا قوام لهم بدونهما . وبين أنه لو جعل الليل دائما عليهم سرمدا إلى يوم القيامة ، لأضر ذلك بهم ، ولسئمته النفوس وانحصرت منه ، ولهذا قال تعالى : ( من إله غير الله يأتيكم بضياء ) أي : تبصرون به وتستأنسون بسببه ، ( أفلا تسمعون ) .

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.