Surah Al-An'am (الأنعام) • The Cattle

Quran 6:158

6:158

هَلْ يَنظُرُونَ إِلَّآ أَن تَأْتِيَهُمُ ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُ أَوْ يَأْتِىَ رَبُّكَ أَوْ يَأْتِىَ بَعْضُ ءَايَـٰتِ رَبِّكَ ۗ يَوْمَ يَأْتِى بَعْضُ ءَايَـٰتِ رَبِّكَ لَا يَنفَعُ نَفْسًا إِيمَـٰنُهَا لَمْ تَكُنْ ءَامَنَتْ مِن قَبْلُ أَوْ كَسَبَتْ فِىٓ إِيمَـٰنِهَا خَيْرًا ۗ قُلِ ٱنتَظِرُوٓا۟ إِنَّا مُنتَظِرُونَ

hal yanẓurūna illā an tatiyahumu l-malāikatu aw yatiya rabbuka aw yatiya baʿḍu āyāti rabbika yawma yatī baʿḍu āyāti rabbika lā yanfaʿu nafsan īmānuhā lam takun āmanat min qablu aw kasabat fī īmānihā khayran quli intaẓirū innā muntaẓirūna

Do they [then] wait for anything except that the angels should come to them or your Lord should come or that there come some of the signs of your Lord? The Day that some of the signs of your Lord will come no soul will benefit from its faith as long as it had not believed before or had earned through its faith some good. Say, "Wait. Indeed, we [also] are waiting."

— Saheeh International

Are they waiting for the very angels to come to them, or your Lord Himself, or maybe some of His signs? But on the Day some of your Lord’s signs come, no soul will profit from faith if it had none before, or has not already earned some good through its faith. Say, ‘Wait if you wish: we too are waiting.’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Do they then wait for anything other than that the angels should come to them, or that your Lord (Allâh) should come, or that some of the Signs of your Lord should come (i.e. portents of the Hour e.g., rising of the sun from the west)! The day that some of the Signs of your Lord do come, no good will it do to a person to believe then, if he believed not before, nor earned good (by performing deeds of righteousness) through his Faith. Say: "Wait you! we (too) are waiting."

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

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هَلْhalAre
يَنظُرُونَyanẓurūnathey waiting
إِلَّآillāexcept
أَنanthat
تَأْتِيَهُمُtatiyahumucomes to them
ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُl-malāikatuthe Angels
أَوْawor
يَأْتِىَyatiyacomes
رَبُّكَrabbukayour Lord
أَوْawor
يَأْتِىَyatiyacomes
بَعْضُbaʿḍusome (of)
ءَايَـٰتِāyāti(the) Signs
رَبِّكَۗrabbika(of) your Lord
يَوْمَyawma(The) Day
يَأْتِىyatī(when) comes
بَعْضُbaʿḍusome (of)
ءَايَـٰتِāyāti(the) Signs
رَبِّكَrabbika(of) your Lord
لَاlānot
يَنفَعُyanfaʿuwill benefit
نَفْسًاnafsana soul
إِيمَـٰنُهَاīmānuhāits faith
لَمْlamnot
تَكُنْtakun(if) it had
ءَامَنَتْāmanatbelieved
مِنminfrom
قَبْلُqablubefore
أَوْawor
كَسَبَتْkasabatearned
فِىٓfīthrough
إِيمَـٰنِهَاīmānihāits faith
خَيْرًۭاۗkhayranany good
قُلِquliSay
ٱنتَظِرُوٓا۟intaẓirūWait
إِنَّاinnāIndeed, we
مُنتَظِرُونَmuntaẓirūna(are) those who wait