Al-Anbya 21:7
The Prophets · Juz 17 · Page 322
وَمَآ أَرۡسَلۡنَا قَبۡلَكَ إِلَّا رِجَالٗا نُّوحِيٓ إِلَيۡهِمۡۖ فَسۡـَٔلُوٓاْ أَهۡلَ ٱلذِّكۡرِ إِن كُنتُمۡ لَا تَعۡلَمُونَ ٧
And We sent not before you, [O Muḥammad], except men to whom We revealed [the message], so ask the people of the message [i.e., former scriptures] if you do not know.
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• ﴿وَ﴾ حرف عطف، ﴿مَآ﴾ حرف نفي.
• ﴿أَرْسَلْ﴾ فعل ماض مزيد الرباعي باب (أَفْعَلَ)، من مادّة رسل، متكلم، جمع، ﴿نَا﴾ ضمير، متكلم، جمع.
• ﴿قَبْلَ﴾ ظرف زمان، من مادّة قبل، ﴿كَ﴾ ضمير، مخاطب، مذكر، مفرد.
• ﴿إِلَّا﴾ أداة حصر.
• ﴿رِجَالًا﴾ اسم، من مادّة رجل، مذكر، جمع، نكرة، منصوب.
• ﴿نُّوحِىٓ﴾ فعل مضارع من مزيد الرباعي باب (أَفْعَلَ)، من مادّة وحي، متكلم، جمع، مرفوع.
• ﴿إِلَيْ﴾ حرف جر، ﴿هِمْ﴾ ضمير، غائب، مذكر، جمع.
• ﴿فَ﴾ حرف استئنافية، ﴿سْـَٔلُ﴾ فعل أمر من الثلاثي مجرد، من مادّة سأل، مخاطب، مذكر، جمع، ﴿وٓا۟﴾ ضمير، مخاطب، مذكر، جمع.
• ﴿أَهْلَ﴾ اسم، من مادّة أهل، مذكر، منصوب.
• ﴿ٱل﴾، ﴿ذِّكْرِ﴾ مصدر الثلاثي مجرد، من مادّة ذكر، مذكر، مجرور.
• ﴿إِن﴾ شرطية.
• ﴿كُن﴾ فعل ماض ثلاثي مجرد، من مادّة كون، مخاطب، مذكر، جمع، ﴿تُمْ﴾ ضمير، مخاطب، مذكر، جمع.
• ﴿لَا﴾ حرف نفي.
• ﴿تَعْلَمُ﴾ فعل مضارع من الثلاثي مجرد، من مادّة علم، مخاطب، مذكر، جمع، مرفوع، ﴿ونَ﴾ ضمير، مخاطب، مذكر، جمع.
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Al-Anbya
The Prophets · Meccan · 112 ayahs
بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
21:1
ٱقۡتَرَبَ لِلنَّاسِ حِسَابُهُمۡ وَهُمۡ فِي غَفۡلَةٖ مُّعۡرِضُونَ ١
[The time of] their account has approached for the people, while they are in heedlessness turning away.
21:2
مَا يَأۡتِيهِم مِّن ذِكۡرٖ مِّن رَّبِّهِم مُّحۡدَثٍ إِلَّا ٱسۡتَمَعُوهُ وَهُمۡ يَلۡعَبُونَ ٢
No mention [i.e., revelation] comes to them anew from their Lord except that they listen to it while they are at play
21:3
لَاهِيَةٗ قُلُوبُهُمۡۗ وَأَسَرُّواْ ٱلنَّجۡوَى ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُواْ هَلۡ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا بَشَرٞ مِّثۡلُكُمۡۖ أَفَتَأۡتُونَ ٱلسِّحۡرَ وَأَنتُمۡ تُبۡصِرُونَ ٣
With their hearts distracted. And those who do wrong conceal their private conversation, [saying], "Is this [Prophet] except a human being like you? So would you approach magic while you are aware [of it]?"
21:4
قَالَ رَبِّي يَعۡلَمُ ٱلۡقَوۡلَ فِي ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِۖ وَهُوَ ٱلسَّمِيعُ ٱلۡعَلِيمُ ٤
He [the Prophet (ﷺ)] said, "My Lord knows whatever is said throughout the heaven and earth, and He is the Hearing, the Knowing."
21:5
بَلۡ قَالُوٓاْ أَضۡغَٰثُ أَحۡلَٰمِۭ بَلِ ٱفۡتَرَىٰهُ بَلۡ هُوَ شَاعِرٞ فَلۡيَأۡتِنَا بِـَٔايَةٖ كَمَآ أُرۡسِلَ ٱلۡأَوَّلُونَ ٥
But they say, "[The revelation is but] a mixture of false dreams; rather, he has invented it; rather, he is a poet. So let him bring us a sign just as the previous [messengers] were sent [with miracles]."
21:6
مَآ ءَامَنَتۡ قَبۡلَهُم مِّن قَرۡيَةٍ أَهۡلَكۡنَٰهَآۖ أَفَهُمۡ يُؤۡمِنُونَ ٦
Not a [single] city which We destroyed believed before them,1 so will they believe?
1 translator’s note
- Even though they had witnessed signs and miracles. ↩
21:7
وَمَآ أَرۡسَلۡنَا قَبۡلَكَ إِلَّا رِجَالٗا نُّوحِيٓ إِلَيۡهِمۡۖ فَسۡـَٔلُوٓاْ أَهۡلَ ٱلذِّكۡرِ إِن كُنتُمۡ لَا تَعۡلَمُونَ ٧
And We sent not before you, [O Muḥammad], except men to whom We revealed [the message], so ask the people of the message [i.e., former scriptures] if you do not know.
21:8
وَمَا جَعَلۡنَٰهُمۡ جَسَدٗا لَّا يَأۡكُلُونَ ٱلطَّعَامَ وَمَا كَانُواْ خَٰلِدِينَ ٨
And We did not make them [i.e., the prophets] forms not eating food,1 nor were they immortal [on earth].
1 translator’s note
- Like the angels. Rather, they were human beings with human attributes. ↩
21:9
ثُمَّ صَدَقۡنَٰهُمُ ٱلۡوَعۡدَ فَأَنجَيۡنَٰهُمۡ وَمَن نَّشَآءُ وَأَهۡلَكۡنَا ٱلۡمُسۡرِفِينَ ٩
Then1 We fulfilled for them the promise, and We saved them and whom We willed and destroyed the transgressors.
1 translator’s note
- Once they had conveyed the message. ↩
21:10
لَقَدۡ أَنزَلۡنَآ إِلَيۡكُمۡ كِتَٰبٗا فِيهِ ذِكۡرُكُمۡۚ أَفَلَا تَعۡقِلُونَ ١٠
We have certainly sent down to you a Book [i.e., the Qur’ān] in which is your mention.1 Then will you not reason?
1 translator’s note
- This implies the honor of having been mentioned or addressed. Another meaning is "your reminder." ↩