Surah Al-Qasas (القصص) • The Stories

Quran 28:57

28:57

وَقَالُوٓا۟ إِن نَّتَّبِعِ ٱلْهُدَىٰ مَعَكَ نُتَخَطَّفْ مِنْ أَرْضِنَآ ۚ أَوَلَمْ نُمَكِّن لَّهُمْ حَرَمًا ءَامِنًا يُجْبَىٰٓ إِلَيْهِ ثَمَرَٰتُ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ رِّزْقًا مِّن لَّدُنَّا وَلَـٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ

waqālū in nattabiʿi l-hudā maʿaka nutakhaṭṭaf min arḍinā awalam numakkin lahum ḥaraman āminan yuj'bā ilayhi thamarātu kulli shayin riz'qan min ladunnā walākinna aktharahum lā yaʿlamūna

And they [i.e., the Quraysh] say, "If we were to follow the guidance with you, we would be swept from our land." Have We not established for them a safe sanctuary to which are brought the fruits of all things as provision from Us? But most of them do not know.

— Saheeh International

They say, ‘If we were to follow guidance with you [Prophet], we would be swept from our land.’ Have We not established for them a secure sanctuary where every kind of produce is brought, as a provision from Us? But most of them do not comprehend.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And they say: "If we follow the guidance with you, we would be snatched away from our land." Have We not established for them a secure sanctuary (Makkah), to which are brought fruits of all kinds, a provision from Ourselves, but most of them know not.

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

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وَقَالُوٓا۟waqālūAnd they say
إِنinIf
نَّتَّبِعِnattabiʿiwe follow
ٱلْهُدَىٰl-hudāthe guidance
مَعَكَmaʿakawith you
نُتَخَطَّفْnutakhaṭṭafwe would be swept
مِنْminfrom
أَرْضِنَآۚarḍināour land
أَوَلَمْawalamHave not
نُمَكِّنnumakkinWe established
لَّهُمْlahumfor them
حَرَمًاḥaramana sanctuary
ءَامِنًۭاāminansecure
يُجْبَىٰٓyuj'bāare brought
إِلَيْهِilayhito it
ثَمَرَٰتُthamarātufruits
كُلِّkulli(of) all
شَىْءٍۢshayinthings
رِّزْقًۭاriz'qana provision
مِّنminfrom
لَّدُنَّاladunnāUs
وَلَـٰكِنَّwalākinnaBut
أَكْثَرَهُمْaktharahummost of them
لَاlā(do) not
يَعْلَمُونَyaʿlamūnaknow