Surah Al-Isra 17:90 — translation and meaning

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وَقَالُوا لَن نُّؤْمِنَ لَكَ حَتَّى تَفْجُرَ لَنَا مِنَ الْأَرْضِ يَنبُوعًا

Word by Word

وَقَالُوا
waqalu
And they say
لَن
lan
Never
نُّؤْمِنَ
nu'mina
we will believe
لَكَ
laka
in you
حَتَّى
hatta
until
تَفْجُرَ
tafjura
you cause to gush forth
لَنَا
lana
for us
مِنَ
mina
from
الْأَرْضِ
al-ardi
the earth
يَنبُوعًا
yanbu'an
a spring

Transliteration

Wa qaaloo lan nu'mina laka hattaa tafjura lanaa minal ardi yamboo'aa

Translation

And they say, "We will not believe you until you break open for us from the ground a spring.

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

The idolaters said: I will never believe you until you extract for us from the ground of Makkah a spring that does not stop flowing.

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

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