Surah Yunus (يونس) • Jonah

Quran 10:16

10:16

قُل لَّوْ شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ مَا تَلَوْتُهُۥ عَلَيْكُمْ وَلَآ أَدْرَىٰكُم بِهِۦ ۖ فَقَدْ لَبِثْتُ فِيكُمْ عُمُرًا مِّن قَبْلِهِۦٓ ۚ أَفَلَا تَعْقِلُونَ

qul law shāa l-lahu mā talawtuhu ʿalaykum walā adrākum bihi faqad labith'tu fīkum ʿumuran min qablihi afalā taʿqilūna

Say, "If Allāh had willed, I would not have recited it to you, nor would He have made it known to you, for I had remained among you a lifetime before it. Then will you not reason?"

— Saheeh International

Say, ‘If God had so willed, I would not have recited it to you, nor would He have made it known to you. I lived a whole lifetime among you before it came to me. How can you not use your reason?’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Say (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم): "If Allâh had so willed, I should not have recited it to you nor would He have made it known to you. Verily, I have stayed amongst you a life time before this. Have you then no sense?"

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

Juz 11Page 210meccan

Word by Word

قُلqulSay
لَّوْlawIf
شَآءَshāa(had) willed
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
مَاmānot
تَلَوْتُهُۥtalawtuhuI (would) have recited it
عَلَيْكُمْʿalaykumto you
وَلَآwalāand not
أَدْرَىٰكُمadrākumHe (would) have made it known to you
بِهِۦۖbihiHe (would) have made it known to you
فَقَدْfaqadVerily
لَبِثْتُlabith'tuI have stayed
فِيكُمْfīkumamong you
عُمُرًۭاʿumurana lifetime
مِّنminbefore it
قَبْلِهِۦٓۚqablihibefore it
أَفَلَاafalāThen will not
تَعْقِلُونَtaʿqilūnayou use reason