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Qur’an 68:49 Al-Qalam, verse 49
لَّوْلَآ أَن تَدَٰرَكَهُۥ نِعْمَةٌۭ مِّن رَّبِّهِۦ لَنُبِذَ بِٱلْعَرَآءِ وَهُوَ مَذْمُومٌۭ
If not that a favor from his Lord overtook him, he would have been thrown onto the naked shore while he was censured.
Translation: Saheeh International. Brackets mark words added for clarity.
- Surah
- Al-Qalam (68)
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- 49 of 52
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Word by word
| Arabic | Transliteration | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| لَّوْلَآ | lawlā | If not | |
| أَن | an | that | |
| تَدَٰرَكَهُۥ | tadārakahu | overtook him | د ر ك |
| نِعْمَةٌۭ | niʿ'matun | a Favor | ن ع م |
| مِّن | min | from | |
| رَّبِّهِۦ | rabbihi | his Lord | ر ب ب |
| لَنُبِذَ | lanubidha | surely he would have been thrown | ن ب ذ |
| بِٱلْعَرَآءِ | bil-ʿarāi | onto (the) naked shore | ع ر ي |
| وَهُوَ | wahuwa | while he | |
| مَذْمُومٌۭ | madhmūmun | (was) blamed | ذ م م |
Tap a root to see every word built from it. Root and lemma data: Quranic Arabic Corpus (Kais Dukes, University of Leeds), revised by quran-morphology, GNU GPL. All sources.
In context
The verses around 68:49 in Al-Qalam.
- 68:47أَمْ عِندَهُمُ ٱلْغَيْبُ فَهُمْ يَكْتُبُونَOr have they [knowledge of] the unseen, so they write [it] down?
- 68:48فَٱصْبِرْ لِحُكْمِ رَبِّكَ وَلَا تَكُن كَصَاحِبِ ٱلْحُوتِ إِذْ نَادَىٰ وَهُوَ مَكْظُومٌۭThen be patient for the decision of your Lord, [O Muhammad], and be not like the companion of the fish when he called out while he was distressed.
- 68:50فَٱجْتَبَٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ فَجَعَلَهُۥ مِنَ ٱلصَّٰلِحِينَAnd his Lord chose him and made him of the righteous.
- 68:51وَإِن يَكَادُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لَيُزْلِقُونَكَ بِأَبْصَٰرِهِمْ لَمَّا سَمِعُوا۟ ٱلذِّكْرَ وَيَقُولُونَ إِنَّهُۥ لَمَجْنُونٌۭAnd indeed, those who disbelieve would almost make you slip with their eyes when they hear the message, and they say, "Indeed, he is mad."
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