Surah Al-Furqan (الفرقان) • The Criterion

Quran 25:21

25:21

۞ وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يَرْجُونَ لِقَآءَنَا لَوْلَآ أُنزِلَ عَلَيْنَا ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُ أَوْ نَرَىٰ رَبَّنَا ۗ لَقَدِ ٱسْتَكْبَرُوا۟ فِىٓ أَنفُسِهِمْ وَعَتَوْ عُتُوًّا كَبِيرًا

waqāla alladhīna lā yarjūna liqāanā lawlā unzila ʿalaynā l-malāikatu aw narā rabbanā laqadi is'takbarū fī anfusihim waʿataw ʿutuwwan kabīran

And those who do not expect the meeting with Us say, "Why were not angels sent down to us, or [why] do we [not] see our Lord?" They have certainly become arrogant within themselves and [become] insolent with great insolence.

— Saheeh International

Those who do not fear to meet Us say, ‘Why are the angels not sent down to us?’ or ‘Why can we not see our Lord?’ They are too proud of themselves and too insolent.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And those who expect not a Meeting with Us (i.e. those who deny the Day of Resurrection and the life of the Hereafter) said: "Why are not the angels sent down to us, or why do we not see our Lord?" Indeed they think too highly of themselves, and are scornful with great pride.

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

Juz 19Page 362meccan

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۞ وَقَالَwaqālaAnd said
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
لَاlā(do) not
يَرْجُونَyarjūnaexpect
لِقَآءَنَاliqāanā(the) meeting with Us
لَوْلَآlawlāWhy not
أُنزِلَunzilaare sent down
عَلَيْنَاʿalaynāto us
ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُl-malāikatuthe Angels
أَوْawor
نَرَىٰnarāwe see
رَبَّنَاۗrabbanāour Lord
لَقَدِlaqadiIndeed
ٱسْتَكْبَرُوا۟is'takbarūthey have become arrogant
فِىٓfīwithin
أَنفُسِهِمْanfusihimthemselves
وَعَتَوْwaʿatawand (become) insolent
عُتُوًّۭاʿutuwwan(with) insolence
كَبِيرًۭاkabīrangreat