Surah Al-'Ankabut (العنكبوت) • The Spider

Quran 29:48

29:48

وَمَا كُنتَ تَتْلُوا۟ مِن قَبْلِهِۦ مِن كِتَـٰبٍ وَلَا تَخُطُّهُۥ بِيَمِينِكَ ۖ إِذًا لَّٱرْتَابَ ٱلْمُبْطِلُونَ

wamā kunta tatlū min qablihi min kitābin walā takhuṭṭuhu biyamīnika idhan la-ir'tāba l-mub'ṭilūna

And you did not recite before it any scripture, nor did you inscribe one with your right hand. Then [i.e., otherwise] the falsifiers would have had [cause for] doubt.

— Saheeh International

You never recited any Scripture before We revealed this one to you; you never wrote one down with your hand. If you had done so, those who follow falsehood might have had cause to doubt.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Neither did you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) read any book before it (this Qur’ân), nor did you write any book (whatsoever) with your right hand. In that case, indeed, the followers of falsehood might have doubted.

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

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Word by Word

وَمَاwamāAnd not
كُنتَkunta(did) you
تَتْلُوا۟tatlūrecite
مِنminbefore it
قَبْلِهِۦqablihibefore it
مِنminany
كِتَـٰبٍۢkitābinBook
وَلَاwalāand not
تَخُطُّهُۥtakhuṭṭuhu(did) you write it
بِيَمِينِكَۖbiyamīnikawith your right hand
إِذًۭاidhanin that case
لَّٱرْتَابَla-ir'tābasurely (would) have doubted
ٱلْمُبْطِلُونَl-mub'ṭilūnathe falsifiers