Surah Ash-Shu'ara 26:4 — translation and meaning
الشعراء · Verse 4 / 227 · Page 367
إِن نَّشَأْ نُنَزِّلْ عَلَيْهِم مِّنَ السَّمَاءِ آيَةً فَظَلَّتْ أَعْنَاقُهُمْ لَهَا خَاضِعِينَ
Word by Word
إِن
in
If
نَّشَأْ
nasha
We will
نُنَزِّلْ
nunazzil
We can send down
عَلَيْهِم
alayhim
to them
مِّنَ
mina
from
السَّمَاءِ
al-samai
the sky
آيَةً
ayatan
a Sign
فَظَلَّتْ
fazallat
so would bend
أَعْنَاقُهُمْ
a'naquhum
their necks
لَهَا
laha
to it
خَاضِعِينَ
khadi'ina
(in) humility
Transliteration
In nashaa nunazzil 'alaihim minas samaaa'i Aayatan fazallat a'naaquhum lahaa khaadi'een
Translation
If We willed, We could send down to them from the sky a sign for which their necks would remain humbled.
Verse interpretation (Tafsir)
If I had wished to send down to them a miracle from the sky I would have sent it down and their necks would remain bowed in utter humility before it. But I did not wish that, in order to test them: Do they believe in the Ghaib?
Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.
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