Surah Al-An'am 6:40 — translation and meaning

الأنعام · Verse 40 / 165 · Page 132

قُلْ أَرَأَيْتَكُمْ إِنْ أَتَاكُمْ عَذَابُ اللَّهِ أَوْ أَتَتْكُمُ السَّاعَةُ أَغَيْرَ اللَّهِ تَدْعُونَ إِن كُنتُمْ صَادِقِينَ

Word by Word

قُلْ
qul
Say
أَرَأَيْتَكُمْ
ara-aytakum
Have you seen
إِنْ
in
if
أَتَاكُمْ
atakum
(there) came to you
عَذَابُ
adhabu
punishment
اللَّهِ
al-lahi
(of) Allah
أَوْ
aw
or
أَتَتْكُمُ
atatkumu
(there) came to you
السَّاعَةُ
al-sa'atu
the Hour
أَغَيْرَ
aghayra
is it other
اللَّهِ
al-lahi
(than) Allah
تَدْعُونَ
tad'una
you call
إِن
in
if
كُنتُمْ
kuntum
you are
صَادِقِينَ
sadiqina
truthful

Transliteration

Qaul ara'aytakum in ataakum 'azaabul laahi aw atatkumus Saa'atu a-ghairal laahi tad'oona in kuntum saadiqeen

Translation

Say, "Have you considered: if there came to you the punishment of Allah or there came to you the Hour - is it other than Allah you would invoke, if you should be truthful?"

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

Say, O Messenger, to these idolaters: Tell me, if a punishment from Allah comes to you or if the Hour that you have been promised comes to you, will you call on anyone besides Allah at that time to remove the calamity and difficulty that has come upon you? This is if you are truthful that those whom you worship can bring benefit and remove harm.

Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.

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