Surah Al-Qasas (القصص) • The Stories

Quran 28:47

28:47

وَلَوْلَآ أَن تُصِيبَهُم مُّصِيبَةٌۢ بِمَا قَدَّمَتْ أَيْدِيهِمْ فَيَقُولُوا۟ رَبَّنَا لَوْلَآ أَرْسَلْتَ إِلَيْنَا رَسُولًا فَنَتَّبِعَ ءَايَـٰتِكَ وَنَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

walawlā an tuṣībahum muṣībatun bimā qaddamat aydīhim fayaqūlū rabbanā lawlā arsalta ilaynā rasūlan fanattabiʿa āyātika wanakūna mina l-mu'minīna

And if not that a disaster should strike them for what their hands put forth [of sins] and they would say, "Our Lord, why did You not send us a messenger so we could have followed Your verses and been among the believers?"...

— Saheeh International

and may not say, if a disaster should befall them as a result of what they have done with their own hands, ‘Lord, if only You had sent us a messenger, we might have followed Your message and become believers.’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And if (We had) not (sent you to the people of Makkah) - in case a calamity should seize them for (the deeds) that their hands have sent forth, they would have said: "Our Lord! Why did You not send us a Messenger? We would then have followed Your Ayât (Verses of the Qur’ân) and would have been among the believers."

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

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وَلَوْلَآwalawlāAnd if not
أَنan[that]
تُصِيبَهُمtuṣībahumstruck them
مُّصِيبَةٌۢmuṣībatuna disaster
بِمَاbimāfor what
قَدَّمَتْqaddamathad sent forth
أَيْدِيهِمْaydīhimtheir hands
فَيَقُولُوا۟fayaqūlūand they would say
رَبَّنَاrabbanāOur Lord
لَوْلَآlawlāWhy not
أَرْسَلْتَarsaltaYou sent
إِلَيْنَاilaynāto us
رَسُولًۭاrasūlana Messenger
فَنَتَّبِعَfanattabiʿaso we (could have) followed
ءَايَـٰتِكَāyātikaYour Verses
وَنَكُونَwanakūnaand we (would) have been
مِنَminaof
ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَl-mu'minīnathe believers