Surah Al-Qasas 28:57 — translation and meaning

القصص · Verse 57 / 88 · Page 392

ۚ وَقَالُوا إِن نَّتَّبِعِ الْهُدَى مَعَكَ نُتَخَطَّفْ مِنْ أَرْضِنَا أَوَلَمْ نُمَكِّن لَّهُمْ حَرَمًا آمِنًا يُجْبَى إِلَيْهِ ثَمَرَاتُ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ رِّزْقًا مِّن لَّدُنَّا وَلَكِنَّ أَكْثَرَهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ

Word by Word

ۚ
وَقَالُوا
waqalu
And they say
إِن
in
If
نَّتَّبِعِ
nattabi'i
we follow
الْهُدَى
al-huda
the guidance
مَعَكَ
ma'aka
with you
نُتَخَطَّفْ
nutakhattaf
we would be swept
مِنْ
min
from
أَرْضِنَا
ardina
our land
أَوَلَمْ
awalam
Have not
نُمَكِّن
numakkin
We established
لَّهُمْ
lahum
for them
حَرَمًا
haraman
a sanctuary
آمِنًا
aminan
secure
يُجْبَى
yuj'ba
are brought
إِلَيْهِ
ilayhi
to it
ثَمَرَاتُ
thamaratu
fruits
كُلِّ
kulli
(of) all
شَيْءٍ
shayin
things
رِّزْقًا
riz'qan
a provision
مِّن
min
from
لَّدُنَّا
ladunna
Us
وَلَكِنَّ
walakinna
But
أَكْثَرَهُمْ
aktharahum
most of them
لَا
la
(do) not
يَعْلَمُونَ
ya'lamuna
know

Transliteration

Wa qaalooo in nattabi'il hudaa ma'aka nutakhattaf min ardinaa; awalam numakkkil lahum haraman aaminany yujbaaa ilaihi samaraatu kulli shai'ir rizqam mil ladunnaa wa laakinna aksarahum laa ya'lamoon

Translation

And they say, "If we were to follow the guidance with you, we would be swept from our land." Have we not established for them a safe sanctuary to which are brought the fruits of all things as provision from Us? But most of them do not know.

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

The idolaters amongst the people of Makkah said, excusing themselves from following Islam and bringing faith in it: “If we follow this Islam which you brought, our enemies will quickly snatch us from our land”. Did I not establish these idolaters in a safe sanctuary in which bloodshed and oppression are unlawful, and in which they are safe from others attacking them, with fruits of everything being brought to them as sustenance from Me which I draw towards them?” However, most of them do not know what Allah has blessed them with that they should be grateful to Him.

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

100% Free App

Join 50,000+ Muslims

Download for free and never miss a prayer again