Surah An-Nahl (النحل) • The Bee

Quran 16:33

16:33

هَلْ يَنظُرُونَ إِلَّآ أَن تَأْتِيَهُمُ ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُ أَوْ يَأْتِىَ أَمْرُ رَبِّكَ ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ فَعَلَ ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ ۚ وَمَا ظَلَمَهُمُ ٱللَّهُ وَلَـٰكِن كَانُوٓا۟ أَنفُسَهُمْ يَظْلِمُونَ

hal yanẓurūna illā an tatiyahumu l-malāikatu aw yatiya amru rabbika kadhālika faʿala alladhīna min qablihim wamā ẓalamahumu l-lahu walākin kānū anfusahum yaẓlimūna

Do they [i.e., the disbelievers] await except that the angels should come to them or there comes the command of your Lord? Thus did those do before them. And Allāh wronged them not, but they had been wronging themselves.

— Saheeh International

Are the disbelievers waiting for the angels to come to them, or your Lord’s Judgement? Those who went before them did the same. God did not wrong them; they wronged themselves.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Do they (the disbelievers and polytheists) await but that the angels should come to them [to take away their souls (at death)], or there should come the command (i.e. the torment or the Day of Resurrection) of your Lord? Thus did those before them. And Allâh wronged them not, but they used to wrong themselves.

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

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Word by Word

هَلْhalDo
يَنظُرُونَyanẓurūnathey wait
إِلَّآillāexcept
أَنanthat
تَأْتِيَهُمُtatiyahumu(should) come to them
ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُl-malāikatuthe Angels
أَوْawor
يَأْتِىَyatiya(should) come
أَمْرُamru(the) Command
رَبِّكَۚrabbika(of) your Lord
كَذَٰلِكَkadhālikaThus
فَعَلَfaʿaladid
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
مِنmin(were) before them
قَبْلِهِمْۚqablihim(were) before them
وَمَاwamāAnd not
ظَلَمَهُمُẓalamahumuwronged them
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
وَلَـٰكِنwalākinbut
كَانُوٓا۟kānūthey were
أَنفُسَهُمْanfusahumthemselves
يَظْلِمُونَyaẓlimūnawronging