Surah Az-Zukhruf (الزخرف) • The Ornaments of Gold

Quran 43:29

43:29

بَلْ مَتَّعْتُ هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ وَءَابَآءَهُمْ حَتَّىٰ جَآءَهُمُ ٱلْحَقُّ وَرَسُولٌ مُّبِينٌ

bal mattaʿtu hāulāi waābāahum ḥattā jāahumu l-ḥaqu warasūlun mubīnun

However, I gave enjoyment to these [people of Makkah] and their fathers until there came to them the truth and a clear Messenger.

— Saheeh International

I have let these people and their fathers enjoy long lives, and now I have given them the Truth and a messenger to make things clear-

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Nay, but I gave (the good things of this life) to these (polytheists) and their fathers to enjoy, till there came to them the truth (the Qur’ân), and a Messenger (Muhammad صلى الله عليه و سلم) making things clear.

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

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Word by Word

بَلْbalNay
مَتَّعْتُmattaʿtuI gave enjoyment
هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِhāulāi(to) these
وَءَابَآءَهُمْwaābāahumand their forefathers
حَتَّىٰḥattāuntil
جَآءَهُمُjāahumucame to them
ٱلْحَقُّl-ḥaquthe truth
وَرَسُولٌۭwarasūlunand a Messenger
مُّبِينٌۭmubīnunclear