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

Quran 43:53

43:53

فَلَوْلَآ أُلْقِىَ عَلَيْهِ أَسْوِرَةٌ مِّن ذَهَبٍ أَوْ جَآءَ مَعَهُ ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُ مُقْتَرِنِينَ

falawlā ul'qiya ʿalayhi aswiratun min dhahabin aw jāa maʿahu l-malāikatu muq'tarinīna

Then why have there not been placed upon him bracelets of gold or come with him the angels in conjunction?"

— Saheeh International

Why has he not been given any gold bracelets? Why have no angels come to accompany him?’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

"Why then are not golden bracelets bestowed on him, or angels sent along with him?"

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

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Word by Word

فَلَوْلَآfalawlāThen why not
أُلْقِىَul'qiyaare placed
عَلَيْهِʿalayhion him
أَسْوِرَةٌۭaswiratunbracelets
مِّنminof
ذَهَبٍdhahabingold
أَوْawor
جَآءَjāacome
مَعَهُmaʿahuwith him
ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُl-malāikatuthe Angels
مُقْتَرِنِينَmuq'tarinīnaaccompanying (him)