Surah Ar-Rum (الروم) • The Romans

Quran 30:8

30:8

أَوَلَمْ يَتَفَكَّرُوا۟ فِىٓ أَنفُسِهِم ۗ مَّا خَلَقَ ٱللَّهُ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَآ إِلَّا بِٱلْحَقِّ وَأَجَلٍ مُّسَمًّى ۗ وَإِنَّ كَثِيرًا مِّنَ ٱلنَّاسِ بِلِقَآئِ رَبِّهِمْ لَكَـٰفِرُونَ

awalam yatafakkarū fī anfusihim mā khalaqa l-lahu l-samāwāti wal-arḍa wamā baynahumā illā bil-ḥaqi wa-ajalin musamman wa-inna kathīran mina l-nāsi biliqāi rabbihim lakāfirūna

Do they not contemplate within themselves? Allāh has not created the heavens and the earth and what is between them except in truth and for a specified term. And indeed, many of the people, in the meeting with their Lord, are disbelievers.

— Saheeh International

Have they not thought about their own selves? God did not create the heavens and earth and everything between them without a serious purpose and an appointed time, yet many people deny that they will meet their Lord.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Do they not think deeply (in their ownselves) about themselves (how Allâh created them from nothing, and similarly He will resurrect them)? Allâh has created not the heavens and the earth, and all that is between them, except with truth and for an appointed term. And indeed many of mankind deny the Meeting with their Lord. [Tafsir At-Tabarî].

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

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Word by Word

أَوَلَمْawalamDo not
يَتَفَكَّرُوا۟yatafakkarūthey ponder
فِىٓfīwithin
أَنفُسِهِمۗanfusihimthemselves
مَّاmāNot
خَلَقَkhalaqaAllah (has) created
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah (has) created
ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwātithe heavens
وَٱلْأَرْضَwal-arḍaand the earth
وَمَاwamāand what
بَيْنَهُمَآbaynahumā(is) between them
إِلَّاillāexcept
بِٱلْحَقِّbil-ḥaqiin truth
وَأَجَلٍۢwa-ajalinand (for) a term
مُّسَمًّۭىۗmusammanappointed
وَإِنَّwa-innaAnd indeed
كَثِيرًۭاkathīranmany
مِّنَminaof
ٱلنَّاسِl-nāsithe people
بِلِقَآئِbiliqāiin (the) meeting
رَبِّهِمْrabbihim(with) their Lord
لَكَـٰفِرُونَlakāfirūnasurely (are) disbelievers