← Surah 37

37:168

لَوْ أَنَّ عِندَنَا ذِكْرًا مِّنَ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

Word by word

لَوْ
If
Preposition
Grammar (i'rab)
لَوْPreposition — conditional
أَنَّ
that
Preposition
Grammar (i'rab)
أَنَّPreposition — accusative
عِندَنَا
we had
Noun
Root: عند
Grammar (i'rab)
عِندَNoun — location adverb، accusative
نَاNoun — pronoun، suffix، 1st plur.
ذِكْرًا
a reminder
Noun
Root: ذكر
Grammar (i'rab)
ذِكْرًاNoun — verbal noun، masculine، indefinite، accusative
مِّنَ
from
Preposition
Grammar (i'rab)
مِّنَPreposition — preposition
ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ
the former (people)
Noun
Root: أول
Grammar (i'rab)
ٱلْPreposition — definite، prefix
أَوَّلِينَNoun — masc. plur.، genitive

Translation

EN

"If only we had had before us a Message from those of old,

A. Yusuf Alipublic-domain

‘If only we had a scripture like previous people,

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

If we had but a reminder from the men of old

M. Pickthallpublic-domain

"If we had a message from [those of] the former peoples,

Saheeh Internationalall-rights-reserved

TR

Putperestler: "Öncekilerde olduğu gibi bizde de bir kitap olsaydı, Allah'ın O'na içten bağlanan kulları olurduk" derlerdi.

Diyanet İşleriall-rights-reserved

(Müşrikler) şöyle diyorlardı: "Eğer yanımızda önceki (ümmet)lerden bir kitap olsaydı, elbette biz de Allah'ın ihlas ile seçilmiş kullarından olurduk."

Elmalılı Hamdi Yazırpublic-domain

“Öncekilere (verilenlerden) bizde de bir zikr (kitap) olsaydı mutlaka Allah’ın samimi kulları olurduk!”

Mehmet Okuyanall-rights-reserved

AR

وإن كفار "مكة" ليقولون قبل بعثتك -أيها الرسول-: لو جاءنا من الكتب والأنبياء ما جاء الأولين قبلنا، لكنا عباد الله الصادقين في الإيمان، المخلَصين في العبادة.

Tafsir al-Muyassarfree-distribution

Where this verse appears

Topics
Supplication & Remembrance