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Quran 28:71

28:71

قُلْ أَرَءَيْتُمْ إِن جَعَلَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيْكُمُ ٱلَّيْلَ سَرْمَدًا إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ مَنْ إِلَـٰهٌ غَيْرُ ٱللَّهِ يَأْتِيكُم بِضِيَآءٍ ۖ أَفَلَا تَسْمَعُونَ

qul ara-aytum in jaʿala l-lahu ʿalaykumu al-layla sarmadan ilā yawmi l-qiyāmati man ilāhun ghayru l-lahi yatīkum biḍiyāin afalā tasmaʿūna

Say, "Have you considered: if Allāh should make for you the night continuous until the Day of Resurrection, what deity other than Allāh could bring you light? Then will you not hear?"

— Saheeh International

Say [Prophet], ‘Just think, if God were to cast perpetual night over you until the Day of Resurrection, what god other than He could bring you light? Do you not listen?’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Say (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم): "Tell me! If Allâh made the night continuous for you till the Day of Resurrection, which ilâh (god) besides Allâh could bring you light? Will you not then hear?"

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

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Word by Word

قُلْqulSay
أَرَءَيْتُمْara-aytumHave you seen
إِنinif
جَعَلَjaʿalaAllah made
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah made
عَلَيْكُمُʿalaykumufor you
ٱلَّيْلَal-laylathe night
سَرْمَدًاsarmadancontinuous
إِلَىٰilātill
يَوْمِyawmi(the) Day
ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِl-qiyāmati(of) the Resurrection
مَنْmanwho
إِلَـٰهٌilāhun(is the) god
غَيْرُghayrubesides
ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
يَأْتِيكُمyatīkumwho could bring you
بِضِيَآءٍۖbiḍiyāinlight
أَفَلَاafalāThen will not
تَسْمَعُونَtasmaʿūnayou hear