Surah Fussilat (فصلت) • Explained in Detail

Quran 41:14

41:14

إِذْ جَآءَتْهُمُ ٱلرُّسُلُ مِنۢ بَيْنِ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَمِنْ خَلْفِهِمْ أَلَّا تَعْبُدُوٓا۟ إِلَّا ٱللَّهَ ۖ قَالُوا۟ لَوْ شَآءَ رَبُّنَا لَأَنزَلَ مَلَـٰٓئِكَةً فَإِنَّا بِمَآ أُرْسِلْتُم بِهِۦ كَـٰفِرُونَ

idh jāathumu l-rusulu min bayni aydīhim wamin khalfihim allā taʿbudū illā l-laha qālū law shāa rabbunā la-anzala malāikatan fa-innā bimā ur'sil'tum bihi kāfirūna

[That occurred] when the messengers had come to them before them and after them, [saying], "Worship not except Allāh." They said, "If our Lord had willed, He would have sent down the angels, so indeed we, in that with which you have been sent, are disbelievers."

— Saheeh International

when their messengers came to them, from all angles, saying, “Serve no one but God,” they said, “If our Lord had wished, He would have sent down angels. We do not believe in the message with which you have been sent.”

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

When the Messengers came to them, from before them and behind them (saying): "Worship none but Allâh", they said: "If our Lord had so willed, He would surely have sent down the angels. So indeed we disbelieve in that with which you have been sent."

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

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Word by Word

إِذْidhWhen
جَآءَتْهُمُjāathumucame to them
ٱلرُّسُلُl-rusuluthe Messengers
مِنۢminfrom before them
بَيْنِbaynifrom before them
أَيْدِيهِمْaydīhimfrom before them
وَمِنْwaminand from
خَلْفِهِمْkhalfihimbehind them
أَلَّاallā(saying) "Do not
تَعْبُدُوٓا۟taʿbudūworship
إِلَّاillāexcept
ٱللَّهَۖl-lahaAllah
قَالُوا۟qālūThey said
لَوْlawIf
شَآءَshāa(had) willed
رَبُّنَاrabbunāour Lord
لَأَنزَلَla-anzalasurely, He (would have) sent down
مَلَـٰٓئِكَةًۭmalāikatanAngels
فَإِنَّاfa-innāSo indeed, we
بِمَآbimāin what
أُرْسِلْتُمur'sil'tumyou have been sent
بِهِۦbihiwith
كَـٰفِرُونَkāfirūna(are) disbelievers