Surah Al-Qasas (القصص) • The Stories

Quran 28:86

28:86

وَمَا كُنتَ تَرْجُوٓا۟ أَن يُلْقَىٰٓ إِلَيْكَ ٱلْكِتَـٰبُ إِلَّا رَحْمَةً مِّن رَّبِّكَ ۖ فَلَا تَكُونَنَّ ظَهِيرًا لِّلْكَـٰفِرِينَ

wamā kunta tarjū an yul'qā ilayka l-kitābu illā raḥmatan min rabbika falā takūnanna ẓahīran lil'kāfirīna

And you were not expecting that the Book would be conveyed to you, but [it is] a mercy from your Lord. So do not be an assistant to the disbelievers.

— Saheeh International

You yourself could not have expected the Scripture to be sent to you; it came only as a mercy from your Lord. So give no help to the disbelievers.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And you were not expecting that the Book (this Qur’ân) would be sent down to you, but it is a mercy from your Lord. So never be a supporter of the disbelievers.

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

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وَمَاwamāAnd not
كُنتَkuntayou were
تَرْجُوٓا۟tarjūexpecting
أَنanthat
يُلْقَىٰٓyul'qāwould be sent down
إِلَيْكَilaykato you
ٱلْكِتَـٰبُl-kitābuthe Book
إِلَّاillāexcept
رَحْمَةًۭraḥmatan(as) a mercy
مِّنminfrom
رَّبِّكَۖrabbikayour Lord
فَلَاfalāSo (do) not
تَكُونَنَّtakūnannabe
ظَهِيرًۭاẓahīranan assistant
لِّلْكَـٰفِرِينَlil'kāfirīnato the disbelievers