← Surah 12

12:3

نَحْنُ نَقُصُّ عَلَيْكَ أَحْسَنَ ٱلْقَصَصِ بِمَآ أَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَيْكَ هَـٰذَا ٱلْقُرْءَانَ وَإِن كُنتَ مِن قَبْلِهِۦ لَمِنَ ٱلْغَـٰفِلِينَ

Word by word

نَحْنُ
We
Noun
Grammar (i'rab)
نَحْنُNoun — pronoun، 1st plur.
نَقُصُّ
relate
Verb
Root: قصص
Grammar (i'rab)
نَقُصُّVerb — imperfect، 1st plur.
عَلَيْكَ
to you
Preposition
Grammar (i'rab)
عَلَيْPreposition — preposition
كَNoun — pronoun، suffix، 2nd masc. sing.
أَحْسَنَ
the best
Noun
Root: حسن
Grammar (i'rab)
أَحْسَنَNoun — masc. sing.، accusative
ٱلْقَصَصِ
of the narrations
Noun
Root: قصص
Grammar (i'rab)
ٱلْPreposition — definite، prefix
قَصَصِNoun — masculine، genitive
بِمَآ
in what
Preposition
Grammar (i'rab)
بِPreposition — preposition، prefix
مَآNoun — relative
أَوْحَيْنَآ
We have revealed
Verb
Root: وحي
Grammar (i'rab)
أَوْحَيْVerb — perfect، 1st plur.
نَآNoun — pronoun، suffix، 1st plur.
إِلَيْكَ
to you
Preposition
Grammar (i'rab)
إِلَيْPreposition — preposition
كَNoun — pronoun، suffix، 2nd masc. sing.
هَٰذَا
(of) this
Preposition
Grammar (i'rab)
هَٰPreposition — ATT، prefix
ذَاNoun — demonstrative، masc. sing.
ٱلْقُرْءَانَ
the Quran
Noun
Root: قرأ
Grammar (i'rab)
ٱلْPreposition — definite، prefix
قُرْءَانَNoun — proper noun، masculine، accusative
وَإِن
although
Preposition
Grammar (i'rab)
وَPreposition — conjunction، prefix
إِنPreposition — conditional
كُنتَ
you were
Verb
Root: كون
Grammar (i'rab)
كُنVerb — perfect، 2nd masc. sing.
تَNoun — pronoun، suffix، 2nd masc. sing.
مِن
before it
Preposition
Grammar (i'rab)
مِنPreposition — preposition
قَبْلِهِۦ
before it
Noun
Root: قبل
Grammar (i'rab)
قَبْلِNoun — genitive
هِۦNoun — pronoun، suffix، 3rd masc. sing.
لَمِنَ
surely among
Preposition
Grammar (i'rab)
لَPreposition — emphasis، prefix
مِنَPreposition — preposition
ٱلْغَٰفِلِينَ
the unaware
Noun
Root: غفل
Grammar (i'rab)
ٱلْPreposition — definite، prefix
غَٰفِلِينَNoun — active participle، masc. plur.، genitive

Translation

EN

We do relate unto thee the most beautiful of stories, in that We reveal to thee this (portion of the) Qur'an: before this, thou too was among those who knew it not.

A. Yusuf Alipublic-domain

We tell you [Prophet] the best of stories in revealing this Quran to you. Before this you were one of those who knew nothing about them.

M.A.S. Abdel Haleemall-rights-reserved

We narrate unto thee (Muhammad) the best of narratives in that We have inspired in thee this Qur'an, though aforetime thou wast of the heedless.

M. Pickthallpublic-domain

We relate to you, [O Muḥammad], the best of stories in what We have revealed to you of this Qur’ān although you were, before it, among the unaware.

Saheeh Internationalall-rights-reserved

TR

Biz bu Kuran'ı vahyederek, sana en güzel kıssaları anlatıyoruz.. Oysa daha önce sen bunlardan habersizdin.

Diyanet İşleriall-rights-reserved

Sana bu Kur'ân'ı vahyetmekle biz, sana kıssaların en güzelini anlatıyoruz. Gerçek şu ki, daha önce senin bundan hiç haberin yoktu.

Elmalılı Hamdi Yazırpublic-domain

Biz sana bu Kur’an’ı vahyetmekle (eskilere dair) haberleri sana en güzel (en doğru) şekilde anlatıyoruz. Elbette sen bu (vahiy)den önce habersizlerdendin.

Mehmet Okuyanall-rights-reserved

AR

نحن نقصُّ عليك -أيها الرسول- أحسن القصص بوحينا إليك هذا القرآن، وإن كنت قبل إنزاله عليك لمن الغافلين عن هذه الأخبار، لا تدري عنها شيئًا.

Tafsir al-Muyassarfree-distribution

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