Quran 28:72

Surah Al-Qasas, Verse 72

Juz 20 · Page 394 · Ruku 340 · Meccan

قُلْ أَرَءَيْتُمْ إِن جَعَلَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيْكُمُ ٱلنَّهَارَ سَرْمَدًا إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ مَنْ إِلَٰهٌ غَيْرُ ٱللَّهِ يَأْتِيكُم بِلَيْلٍ تَسْكُنُونَ فِيهِ أَفَلَا تُبْصِرُونَ

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 ٱلنَّهَارَ l-nahāra the day 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 بِلَيْلٍۢ bilaylin night تَسْكُنُونَ taskunūna (for) you (to) rest فِيهِ ۖ fīhi in it أَفَلَا afalā Then will not تُبْصِرُونَ tub'ṣirūna you see

Transliteration

Qul araaytum in jaAAala AllahuAAalaykumu annahara sarmadan ila yawmialqiyamati man ilahun ghayru Allahiya/teekum bilaylin taskunoona feehi afala tubsiroon

Translations

Pickthall — Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

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

Yusuf Ali — Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Say: See ye? If Allah were to make the day perpetual over you to the Day of Judgment, what god is there other than Allah, who can give you a night in which ye can rest? Will ye not then see?

تفسير ابن كثير — Ismail ibn Kathir

ثم أخبر أنه لو جعل النهار سرمدا دائما مستمرا إلى يوم القيامة ، لأضر ذلك بهم ، ولتعبت الأبدان وكلت من كثرة الحركات والأشغال ; ولهذا قال : ( من إله غير الله يأتيكم بليل تسكنون فيه ) أي : تستريحون من حركاتكم وأشغالكم . ( أفلا تبصرون )