Surah Al-An'am (الأنعام) • The Cattle

Quran 6:37

6:37

وَقَالُوا۟ لَوْلَا نُزِّلَ عَلَيْهِ ءَايَةٌ مِّن رَّبِّهِۦ ۚ قُلْ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ قَادِرٌ عَلَىٰٓ أَن يُنَزِّلَ ءَايَةً وَلَـٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ

waqālū lawlā nuzzila ʿalayhi āyatun min rabbihi qul inna l-laha qādirun ʿalā an yunazzila āyatan walākinna aktharahum lā yaʿlamūna

And they say, "Why has a sign not been sent down to him from his Lord?" Say, "Indeed, Allāh is Able to send down a sign, but most of them do not know."

— Saheeh International

They also say, ‘Why has no sign been sent down to him from his Lord?’ Say, ‘God certainly has the power to send down a sign,’ though most of them do not know:

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And they said: "Why is not a sign sent down to him from his Lord?" Say: "Allâh is certainly Able to send down a sign, but most of them know not."

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

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Word by Word

وَقَالُوا۟waqālūAnd they said
لَوْلَاlawlāWhy (is) not
نُزِّلَnuzzilasent down
عَلَيْهِʿalayhito him
ءَايَةٌۭāyatuna Sign
مِّنminfrom
رَّبِّهِۦۚrabbihihis Lord
قُلْqulSay
إِنَّinnaIndeed
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
قَادِرٌqādirun(is) Able
عَلَىٰٓʿalā[on]
أَنanto
يُنَزِّلَyunazzilasend down
ءَايَةًۭāyatana Sign
وَلَـٰكِنَّwalākinnabut
أَكْثَرَهُمْaktharahummost of them
لَاlā(do) not
يَعْلَمُونَyaʿlamūnaknow