Surah Ar-Ra'd (الرعد) • The Thunder

Quran 13:38

13:38

وَلَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا رُسُلًا مِّن قَبْلِكَ وَجَعَلْنَا لَهُمْ أَزْوَٰجًا وَذُرِّيَّةً ۚ وَمَا كَانَ لِرَسُولٍ أَن يَأْتِىَ بِـَٔايَةٍ إِلَّا بِإِذْنِ ٱللَّهِ ۗ لِكُلِّ أَجَلٍ كِتَابٌ

walaqad arsalnā rusulan min qablika wajaʿalnā lahum azwājan wadhurriyyatan wamā kāna lirasūlin an yatiya biāyatin illā bi-idh'ni l-lahi likulli ajalin kitābun

And We have already sent messengers before you and assigned to them wives and descendants. And it was not for a messenger to come with a sign except by permission of Allāh. For every term is a decree.

— Saheeh International

We sent messengers before you and gave them wives and offspring; no messenger was given the power to produce a miracle except with God’s permission. There was a Scripture for every age:

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And indeed We sent Messengers before you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه و سلم) and made for them wives and offspring. And it was not for a Messenger to bring a sign except by Allâh’s Leave. (For) every matter there is a Decree (from Allâh). [Tafsir Al-Tabari]

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

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وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd certainly
أَرْسَلْنَاarsalnāWe sent
رُسُلًۭاrusulanMessengers
مِّنminfrom
قَبْلِكَqablikabefore you
وَجَعَلْنَاwajaʿalnāand We made
لَهُمْlahumfor them
أَزْوَٰجًۭاazwājanwives
وَذُرِّيَّةًۭۚwadhurriyyatanand offspring
وَمَاwamāAnd not
كَانَkānawas
لِرَسُولٍlirasūlinfor a Messenger
أَنanthat
يَأْتِىَyatiyahe comes
بِـَٔايَةٍbiāyatinwith a sign
إِلَّاillāexcept
بِإِذْنِbi-idh'niby the leave
ٱللَّهِۗl-lahi(of) Allah
لِكُلِّlikulliFor everything
أَجَلٍۢajalin(is) a time
كِتَابٌۭkitābunprescribed