Surah Al-Isra (الإسراء) • The Night Journey

Quran 17:94

17:94

وَمَا مَنَعَ ٱلنَّاسَ أَن يُؤْمِنُوٓا۟ إِذْ جَآءَهُمُ ٱلْهُدَىٰٓ إِلَّآ أَن قَالُوٓا۟ أَبَعَثَ ٱللَّهُ بَشَرًا رَّسُولًا

wamā manaʿa l-nāsa an yu'minū idh jāahumu l-hudā illā an qālū abaʿatha l-lahu basharan rasūlan

And what prevented the people from believing when guidance came to them except that they said, "Has Allāh sent a human messenger?"

— Saheeh International

The only thing that kept these people from believing, when guidance came to them, was that they said, ‘How could God have sent a human being as a messenger?’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And nothing prevented men from believing when the guidance came to them, except that they said: "Has Allâh sent a man as (His) Messenger?"

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

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Word by Word

وَمَاwamāAnd what
مَنَعَmanaʿaprevented
ٱلنَّاسَl-nāsathe people
أَنanthat
يُؤْمِنُوٓا۟yu'minūthey believe
إِذْidhwhen
جَآءَهُمُjāahumucame to them
ٱلْهُدَىٰٓl-hudāthe guidance
إِلَّآillāexcept
أَنanthat
قَالُوٓا۟qālūthey said
أَبَعَثَabaʿathaHas Allah sent
ٱللَّهُl-lahuHas Allah sent
بَشَرًۭاbasharana human
رَّسُولًۭاrasūlanMessenger