Surah An-Nur (النور) • The Light

Quran 24:15

24:15

إِذْ تَلَقَّوْنَهُۥ بِأَلْسِنَتِكُمْ وَتَقُولُونَ بِأَفْوَاهِكُم مَّا لَيْسَ لَكُم بِهِۦ عِلْمٌ وَتَحْسَبُونَهُۥ هَيِّنًا وَهُوَ عِندَ ٱللَّهِ عَظِيمٌ

idh talaqqawnahu bi-alsinatikum wataqūlūna bi-afwāhikum mā laysa lakum bihi ʿil'mun wataḥsabūnahu hayyinan wahuwa ʿinda l-lahi ʿaẓīmun

When you received it with your tongues and said with your mouths that of which you had no knowledge and thought it was insignificant while it was, in the sight of Allāh, tremendous.

— Saheeh International

When you took it up with your tongues, and spoke with your mouths things you did not know [to be true], you thought it was trivial but to God it was very serious.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

When you were propagating it with your tongues, and uttering with your mouths that whereof you had no knowledge, you counted it a little thing, while with Allâh it was very great.

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

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Word by Word

إِذْidhWhen
تَلَقَّوْنَهُۥtalaqqawnahuyou received it
بِأَلْسِنَتِكُمْbi-alsinatikumwith your tongues
وَتَقُولُونَwataqūlūnaand you said
بِأَفْوَاهِكُمbi-afwāhikumwith your mouths
مَّاmāwhat
لَيْسَlaysanot
لَكُمlakumfor you
بِهِۦbihiof it
عِلْمٌۭʿil'munany knowledge
وَتَحْسَبُونَهُۥwataḥsabūnahuand you thought it
هَيِّنًۭاhayyinan(was) insignificant
وَهُوَwahuwawhile it
عِندَʿinda(was) near Allah
ٱللَّهِl-lahi(was) near Allah
عَظِيمٌۭʿaẓīmungreat