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Quran 6:8

Surah Al-An'aam, Verse 8

Juz 7 · Page 128 · Ruku 102 · Meccan

وَقَالُوا۟ لَوْلَآ أُنزِلَ عَلَيْهِ مَلَكٌ وَلَوْ أَنزَلْنَا مَلَكًا لَّقُضِىَ ٱلْأَمْرُ ثُمَّ لَا يُنظَرُونَ

Word by word

وَقَالُوا۟ waqālū And they said لَوْلَآ lawlā Why has not been أُنزِلَ unzila sent down عَلَيْهِ ʿalayhi to him مَلَكٌۭ ۖ malakun an Angel وَلَوْ walaw And if أَنزَلْنَا anzalnā We (had) sent down مَلَكًۭا malakan an Angel لَّقُضِىَ laquḍiya surely (would) have been decided ٱلْأَمْرُ l-amru the matter ثُمَّ thumma then لَا lā no يُنظَرُونَ yunẓarūna respite would have been granted to them

Transliteration

Waqaloo lawla onzila AAalayhimalakun walaw anzalna malakan laqudiya al-amruthumma la yuntharoon

Translations

Pickthall — Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

They say: Why hath not an angel been sent down unto him? If We sent down an angel, then the matter would be judged; no further time would be allowed them (for reflection).

Yusuf Ali — Abdullah Yusuf Ali

They say: "Why is not an angel sent down to him?" If we did send down an angel, the matter would be settled at once, and no respite would be granted them.

تفسير ابن كثير — Ismail ibn Kathir

( وقالوا لولا أنزل عليه ملك ) [ أي : فيكون معه نذيرا ] قال الله : ( ولو أنزلنا ملكا لقضي الأمر ثم لا ينظرون ) أي : لو نزلت الملائكة على ما هم عليه لجاءهم من الله العذاب ، كما قال تعالى : ( ما ننزل الملائكة إلا بالحق وما كانوا إذا منظرين ) [ الحجر : 8 ] ، [ و ] قال تعالى : ( يوم يرون الملائكة لا بشرى يومئذ للمجرمين [ ويقولون حجرا محجورا ] ) [ الفرقان : 22 ] .

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.