Surah Fussilat (فصلت) • Explained in Detail

Quran 41:21

41:21

وَقَالُوا۟ لِجُلُودِهِمْ لِمَ شَهِدتُّمْ عَلَيْنَا ۖ قَالُوٓا۟ أَنطَقَنَا ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِىٓ أَنطَقَ كُلَّ شَىْءٍ وَهُوَ خَلَقَكُمْ أَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍ وَإِلَيْهِ تُرْجَعُونَ

waqālū lijulūdihim lima shahidttum ʿalaynā qālū anṭaqanā l-lahu alladhī anṭaqa kulla shayin wahuwa khalaqakum awwala marratin wa-ilayhi tur'jaʿūna

And they will say to their skins, "Why have you testified against us?" They will say, "We were made to speak by Allāh, who has made everything speak; and He created you the first time, and to Him you are returned.

— Saheeh International

They will say to their skins, ‘Why did you testify against us?’ and their skins will reply, ‘God, who gave speech to everything, has given us speech- it was He who created you the first time and to Him you have been returned-

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And they will say to their skins, "Why do you testify against us?" They will say: "Allâh has caused us to speak as He causes all things to speak: and He created you the first time, and to Him you are made to return."

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

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Word by Word

وَقَالُوا۟waqālūAnd they will say
لِجُلُودِهِمْlijulūdihimto their skins
لِمَlimaWhy do
شَهِدتُّمْshahidttumyou testify
عَلَيْنَاۖʿalaynāagainst us
قَالُوٓا۟qālūThey will say
أَنطَقَنَاanṭaqanāAllah made us speak
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah made us speak
ٱلَّذِىٓalladhīthe One Who
أَنطَقَanṭaqamakes speak
كُلَّkullaevery
شَىْءٍۢshayinthing
وَهُوَwahuwaand He
خَلَقَكُمْkhalaqakumcreated you
أَوَّلَawwala(the) first
مَرَّةٍۢmarratintime
وَإِلَيْهِwa-ilayhiand to Him
تُرْجَعُونَtur'jaʿūnayou will be returned