Surah Al-Furqan (الفرقان) • The Criterion

Quran 25:32

25:32

وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لَوْلَا نُزِّلَ عَلَيْهِ ٱلْقُرْءَانُ جُمْلَةً وَٰحِدَةً ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ لِنُثَبِّتَ بِهِۦ فُؤَادَكَ ۖ وَرَتَّلْنَـٰهُ تَرْتِيلًا

waqāla alladhīna kafarū lawlā nuzzila ʿalayhi l-qur'ānu jum'latan wāḥidatan kadhālika linuthabbita bihi fuādaka warattalnāhu tartīlan

And those who disbelieve say, "Why was the Qur’ān not revealed to him all at once?" Thus [it is] that We may strengthen thereby your heart. And We have spaced it distinctly.

— Saheeh International

The disbelievers also say, ‘Why was the Quran not sent down to him all at once?’ We sent it in this way to strengthen your heart [Prophet]; We gave it to you in gradual revelation.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And those who disbelieve say: "Why is not the Qur’ân revealed to him all at once?" Thus (it is sent down in parts), that We may strengthen your heart thereby. And We have revealed it to you gradually, in stages. (It was revealed to the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم in 23 years.).

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

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Word by Word

وَقَالَwaqālaAnd said
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
كَفَرُوا۟kafarūdisbelieve
لَوْلَاlawlāWhy not
نُزِّلَnuzzilawas revealed
عَلَيْهِʿalayhito him
ٱلْقُرْءَانُl-qur'ānuthe Quran
جُمْلَةًۭjum'latanall at once
وَٰحِدَةًۭۚwāḥidatanall at once
كَذَٰلِكَkadhālikaThus
لِنُثَبِّتَlinuthabbitathat We may strengthen
بِهِۦbihithereby
فُؤَادَكَۖfuādakayour heart
وَرَتَّلْنَـٰهُwarattalnāhuand We have recited it
تَرْتِيلًۭاtartīlan(with distinct) recitation