Surah Al-Qalam 68:49 — translation and meaning
القلم · Verse 49 / 52 · Page 566
لَّوْلَا أَن تَدَارَكَهُ نِعْمَةٌ مِّن رَّبِّهِ لَنُبِذَ بِالْعَرَاءِ وَهُوَ مَذْمُومٌ
Word by Word
لَّوْلَا
lawla
If not
أَن
an
that
تَدَارَكَهُ
tadarakahu
overtook him
نِعْمَةٌ
ni'matun
a Favor
مِّن
min
from
رَّبِّهِ
rabbihi
his Lord
لَنُبِذَ
lanubidha
surely he would have been thrown
بِالْعَرَاءِ
bil-'arai
onto (the) naked shore
وَهُوَ
wahuwa
while he
مَذْمُومٌ
madhmumun
(was) blamed
Transliteration
Law laaa an tadaara kahoo ni'matum mir rabbihee lanubiza bil'araaa'i wa huwa mazmoom
Translation
If not that a favor from his Lord overtook him, he would have been thrown onto the naked shore while he was censured.
Verse interpretation (Tafsir)
Had it not been for the mercy of Allah reaching him, the whale would have thrown him on a barren land, rebuked.
Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.
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