← Surah 41

41:21

وَقَالُوا۟ لِجُلُودِهِمْ لِمَ شَهِدتُّمْ عَلَيْنَا ۖ قَالُوٓا۟ أَنطَقَنَا ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِىٓ أَنطَقَ كُلَّ شَىْءٍ وَهُوَ خَلَقَكُمْ أَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍ وَإِلَيْهِ تُرْجَعُونَ

Word by word

وَقَالُوا۟
And they will say
Verb
Root: قول
Grammar (i'rab)
وَPreposition — conjunction، prefix
قَالُVerb — perfect، 3rd masc. plur.
وا۟Noun — pronoun، suffix، 3rd masc. plur.
لِجُلُودِهِمْ
to their skins
Noun
Root: جلد
Grammar (i'rab)
لِPreposition — preposition، prefix
جُلُودِNoun — masc. plur.، genitive
هِمْNoun — pronoun، suffix، 3rd masc. plur.
لِمَ
Why do
Preposition
Grammar (i'rab)
لِPreposition — preposition، prefix
مَNoun — interrogative
شَهِدتُّمْ
you testify
Verb
Root: شهد
Grammar (i'rab)
شَهِدVerb — perfect، 2nd masc. plur.
تُّمْNoun — pronoun، suffix، 2nd masc. plur.
عَلَيْنَا
against us
Preposition
Grammar (i'rab)
عَلَيْPreposition — preposition
نَاNoun — pronoun، suffix، 1st plur.
قَالُوٓا۟
They will say
Verb
Root: قول
Grammar (i'rab)
قَالُVerb — perfect، 3rd masc. plur.
وٓا۟Noun — pronoun، suffix، 3rd masc. plur.
أَنطَقَنَا
Allah made us speak
Verb
Root: نطق
Grammar (i'rab)
أَنطَقَVerb — perfect، 3rd masc. sing.
نَاNoun — pronoun، suffix، 1st plur.
ٱللَّهُ
Allah made us speak
Noun
Root: أله
Grammar (i'rab)
ٱللَّهُNoun — proper noun، nominative
ٱلَّذِىٓ
the One Who
Noun
Grammar (i'rab)
ٱلَّذِىٓNoun — relative، masc. sing.
أَنطَقَ
makes speak
Verb
Root: نطق
Grammar (i'rab)
أَنطَقَVerb — perfect، 3rd masc. sing.
كُلَّ
every
Noun
Root: كلل
Grammar (i'rab)
كُلَّNoun — masculine، accusative
شَىْءٍ
thing
Noun
Root: شيأ
Grammar (i'rab)
شَىْءٍNoun — masculine، indefinite، genitive
وَهُوَ
and He
Preposition
Grammar (i'rab)
وَPreposition — conjunction، prefix
هُوَNoun — pronoun، 3rd masc. sing.
خَلَقَكُمْ
created you
Verb
Root: خلق
Grammar (i'rab)
خَلَقَVerb — perfect، 3rd masc. sing.
كُمْNoun — pronoun، suffix، 2nd masc. plur.
أَوَّلَ
(the) first
Noun
Root: أول
Grammar (i'rab)
أَوَّلَNoun — masc. sing.، accusative
مَرَّةٍ
time
Noun
Root: مرر
Grammar (i'rab)
مَرَّةٍNoun — masculine، indefinite، genitive
وَإِلَيْهِ
and to Him
Preposition
Grammar (i'rab)
وَPreposition — conjunction، prefix
إِلَيْPreposition — preposition
هِNoun — pronoun، suffix، 3rd masc. sing.
تُرْجَعُونَ
you will be returned
Verb
Root: رجع
Grammar (i'rab)
تُرْجَعُVerb — imperfect، passive، 2nd masc. plur.
ونَNoun — pronoun، suffix، 2nd masc. plur.

Translation

EN

They will say to their skins: "Why bear ye witness against us?" They will say: "Allah hath given us speech,- (He) Who giveth speech to everything: He created you for the first time, and unto Him were ye to return.

A. Yusuf Alipublic-domain

They will say to their skins, ‘Why did you testify against us?’ and their skins will reply, ‘God, who gave speech to everything, has given us speech- it was He who created you the first time and to Him you have been returned-

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

And they say unto their skins: Why testify ye against us? They say: Allah hath given us speech Who giveth speech to all things, and Who created you at the first, and unto Whom ye are returned.

M. Pickthallpublic-domain

And they will say to their skins, "Why have you testified against us?" They will say, "We were made to speak by Allāh, who has made everything speak; and He created you the first time, and to Him you are returned.

Saheeh Internationalall-rights-reserved

TR

Derilerine: "Aleyhimize niçin şahidlik ettiniz?" derler. "Bizi, her şeyi konuşturan Allah konuşturdu. Sizi önce yaratan O'dur ve O'na döndürülüyorsunuz" cevabını verirler.

Diyanet İşleriall-rights-reserved

Onlar derilerine: "Niçin aleyhimize şahitlik ettiniz?" derler. Derileri de: "Bizi her şeyi konuşturan Allah konuşturdu, sizi ilk defa yaratan O'dur ve siz yine O'na döndürülüyorsunuz" derler.

Elmalılı Hamdi Yazırpublic-domain

(Kişiler) derilerine “Niçin aleyhimize şahitlik ettiniz?” diyecek, onlar da “Her şeyi konuşturan Allah bizi de konuşturmuştur. İlk kez sizi de O yaratmıştır. Yalnızca O’na döndürüleceksiniz.” diyeceklerdir.

Mehmet Okuyanall-rights-reserved

AR

وقال هؤلاء الذين يُحْشرون إلى النار من أعداء الله لجلودهم معاتبين: لِمَ شهدتم علينا؟ فأجابتهم جلودهم: أنطقنا الله الذي أنطق كل شيء، وهو الذي خلقكم أول مرة ولم تكونوا شيئًا، وإليه مصيركم بعد الموت للحساب والجزاء.

Tafsir al-Muyassarfree-distribution

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