Surah Ash-Shu'ara (الشعراء) • The Poets

Quran 26:4

26:4

إِن نَّشَأْ نُنَزِّلْ عَلَيْهِم مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ ءَايَةً فَظَلَّتْ أَعْنَـٰقُهُمْ لَهَا خَـٰضِعِينَ

in nasha nunazzil ʿalayhim mina l-samāi āyatan faẓallat aʿnāquhum lahā khāḍiʿīna

If We willed, We could send down to them from the sky a sign for which their necks would remain humbled.

— Saheeh International

If We had wished, We could have sent them down a sign from heaven, at which their necks would stay bowed in utter humility.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

If We will, We could send down to them from the heaven a sign, to which they would bend their necks in humility.

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

Juz 19Page 367meccan

Word by Word

إِنinIf
نَّشَأْnashaWe will
نُنَزِّلْnunazzilWe can send down
عَلَيْهِمʿalayhimto them
مِّنَminafrom
ٱلسَّمَآءِl-samāithe sky
ءَايَةًۭāyatana Sign
فَظَلَّتْfaẓallatso would bend
أَعْنَـٰقُهُمْaʿnāquhumtheir necks
لَهَاlahāto it
خَـٰضِعِينَkhāḍiʿīna(in) humility