Surah Al-Anbya (الأنبياء) • The Prophets

Quran 21:7

21:7

وَمَآ أَرْسَلْنَا قَبْلَكَ إِلَّا رِجَالًا نُّوحِىٓ إِلَيْهِمْ ۖ فَسْـَٔلُوٓا۟ أَهْلَ ٱلذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ

wamā arsalnā qablaka illā rijālan nūḥī ilayhim fasalū ahla l-dhik'ri in kuntum lā taʿlamūna

And We sent not before you, [O Muḥammad], except men to whom We revealed [the message], so ask the people of the message [i.e., former scriptures] if you do not know.

— Saheeh International

And even before your time [Prophet], all the messengers We sent were only men We inspired–– if you [disbelievers] do not know, ask people who know the Scripture––

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And We sent not before you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) but men to whom We revealed. So ask the people of the Reminder [Scriptures - the Taurât (Torah), the Injeel (Gospel)] if you do not know.

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

Juz 17Page 322meccan

Word by Word

وَمَآwamāAnd not
أَرْسَلْنَاarsalnāWe sent
قَبْلَكَqablakabefore you
إِلَّاillāexcept
رِجَالًۭاrijālanmen
نُّوحِىٓnūḥīWe revealed
إِلَيْهِمْۖilayhimto them
فَسْـَٔلُوٓا۟fasalūSo ask
أَهْلَahla(the) people
ٱلذِّكْرِl-dhik'ri(of) the Reminder
إِنinif
كُنتُمْkuntumyou
لَاlā(do) not
تَعْلَمُونَtaʿlamūnaknow