Surah Al-Mu'minun 23:68 — translation and meaning
المؤمنون · Verse 68 / 118 · Page 346
أَفَلَمْ يَدَّبَّرُوا الْقَوْلَ أَمْ جَاءَهُم مَّا لَمْ يَأْتِ آبَاءَهُمُ الْأَوَّلِينَ
Word by Word
أَفَلَمْ
afalam
Then, do not
يَدَّبَّرُوا
yaddabbaru
they ponder
الْقَوْلَ
al-qawla
the Word
أَمْ
am
or
جَاءَهُم
jaahum
has come to them
مَّا
ma
what
لَمْ
lam
not
يَأْتِ
yati
(had) come
آبَاءَهُمُ
abaahumu
(to) their forefathers
الْأَوَّلِينَ
al-awalina
(to) their forefathers
Transliteration
Afalam yaddabbarrul qawla am jaaa'ahum maa lam yaati aabaaa'ahumul awwaleen
Translation
Then have they not reflected over the Qur'an, or has there come to them that which had not come to their forefathers?
Verse interpretation (Tafsir)
Will these idolaters not ponder over the Qur’ān Allah has revealed, bring faith in it and implement its teachings? Or is it that something has come to them which did not come to their predecessors, so they turned away from it and rejected it?
Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.
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