Surah Al-Mu'minun (المؤمنون) • The Believers

Quran 23:68

23:68

أَفَلَمْ يَدَّبَّرُوا۟ ٱلْقَوْلَ أَمْ جَآءَهُم مَّا لَمْ يَأْتِ ءَابَآءَهُمُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

afalam yaddabbarū l-qawla am jāahum mā lam yati ābāahumu l-awalīna

Then have they not reflected over the word [i.e., the Qur’ān], or has there come to them that which had not come to their forefathers?

— Saheeh International

Have they not contemplated the Word of God? Has something come to them that did not come to their forefathers?

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Have they not pondered over the Word (of Allâh, i.e. what is sent down to the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم), or has there come to them what had not come to their fathers of old?

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

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Word by Word

أَفَلَمْafalamThen, do not
يَدَّبَّرُوا۟yaddabbarūthey ponder
ٱلْقَوْلَl-qawlathe Word
أَمْamor
جَآءَهُمjāahumhas come to them
مَّاmāwhat
لَمْlamnot
يَأْتِyati(had) come
ءَابَآءَهُمُābāahumu(to) their forefathers
ٱلْأَوَّلِينَl-awalīna(to) their forefathers