Surah Al-Anbiya 21:109 — translation and meaning
الأنبياء · Verse 109 / 112 · Page 331
ۖ فَإِن تَوَلَّوْا فَقُلْ آذَنتُكُمْ عَلَى سَوَاءٍ وَإِنْ أَدْرِي أَقَرِيبٌ أَم بَعِيدٌ مَّا تُوعَدُونَ
Word by Word
ۖ
فَإِن
fa-in
But if
تَوَلَّوْا
tawallaw
they turn away
فَقُلْ
faqul
then say
آذَنتُكُمْ
adhantukum
I (have) announced to you
عَلَى
ala
equally
سَوَاءٍ
sawain
equally
وَإِنْ
wa-in
And not
أَدْرِي
adri
I know
أَقَرِيبٌ
aqaribun
whether is near
أَم
am
or
بَعِيدٌ
ba'idun
far
مَّا
ma
what
تُوعَدُونَ
tu'aduna
you are promised
Transliteration
Fa in tawallaw faqul aazantukum 'alaa sawaaa'; wa in adreee aqareebun am ba'eedum maa too'adoon
Translation
But if they turn away, then say, "I have announced to [all of] you equally. And I know not whether near or far is that which you are promised.
Verse interpretation (Tafsir)
O Messenger! If these people turn away from that which you have brought to them, then say to them, “I am informing you that we are both in agreement that we are different, and I do not know when the punishment Allah promised you with, will descend upon you.”
Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.
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