Surah Al-Furqan (الفرقان) • The Criterion

Quran 25:20

25:20

وَمَآ أَرْسَلْنَا قَبْلَكَ مِنَ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ إِلَّآ إِنَّهُمْ لَيَأْكُلُونَ ٱلطَّعَامَ وَيَمْشُونَ فِى ٱلْأَسْوَاقِ ۗ وَجَعَلْنَا بَعْضَكُمْ لِبَعْضٍ فِتْنَةً أَتَصْبِرُونَ ۗ وَكَانَ رَبُّكَ بَصِيرًا

wamā arsalnā qablaka mina l-mur'salīna illā innahum layakulūna l-ṭaʿāma wayamshūna fī l-aswāqi wajaʿalnā baʿḍakum libaʿḍin fit'natan ataṣbirūna wakāna rabbuka baṣīran

And We did not send before you, [O Muḥammad], any of the messengers except that they ate food and walked in the markets. And We have made some of you [people] as trial for others - will you have patience? And ever is your Lord, Seeing.

— Saheeh International

No messenger have We sent before you [Muhammad] who did not eat food and walk about in the marketplace. But We have made some of you a means of testing others- will you stand fast? Your Lord is always watching.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And We never sent before you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) any of the Messengers but verily, they ate food and walked in the markets. And We have made some of you as a trial for others: will you have patience? And your Lord is Ever All-Seer (of everything).

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

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وَمَآwamāAnd not
أَرْسَلْنَاarsalnāWe sent
قَبْلَكَqablakabefore you
مِنَminaany
ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَl-mur'salīnaMessengers
إِلَّآillābut
إِنَّهُمْinnahumindeed, they
لَيَأْكُلُونَlayakulūna[surely] ate
ٱلطَّعَامَl-ṭaʿāmafood
وَيَمْشُونَwayamshūnaand walked
فِىfīin
ٱلْأَسْوَاقِۗl-aswāqithe markets
وَجَعَلْنَاwajaʿalnāAnd We have made
بَعْضَكُمْbaʿḍakumsome of you
لِبَعْضٍۢlibaʿḍinfor others
فِتْنَةًfit'natana trial
أَتَصْبِرُونَۗataṣbirūnawill you have patience
وَكَانَwakānaAnd is
رَبُّكَrabbukayour Lord
بَصِيرًۭاbaṣīranAll-Seer