Surah Sad (ص) • The Letter "Saad"

Quran 38:7

38:7

مَا سَمِعْنَا بِهَـٰذَا فِى ٱلْمِلَّةِ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ إِنْ هَـٰذَآ إِلَّا ٱخْتِلَـٰقٌ

mā samiʿ'nā bihādhā fī l-milati l-ākhirati in hādhā illā ikh'tilāqun

We have not heard of this in the latest religion. This is not but a fabrication.

— Saheeh International

We did not hear any such claim in the last religion: it is all an invention.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

"We have not heard (the like) of this in the religion of these later days (i.e. Christianity). This is nothing but an invention! [Tafsir Al-Qurtubi]

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

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Word by Word

مَاmāNot
سَمِعْنَاsamiʿ'nāwe heard
بِهَـٰذَاbihādhāof this
فِىfīin
ٱلْمِلَّةِl-milatithe religion
ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِl-ākhiratithe last
إِنْinNot
هَـٰذَآhādhā(is) this
إِلَّاillābut
ٱخْتِلَـٰقٌikh'tilāquna fabrication