Surah Al-An'am (الأنعام) • The Cattle

Quran 6:47

6:47

قُلْ أَرَءَيْتَكُمْ إِنْ أَتَىٰكُمْ عَذَابُ ٱللَّهِ بَغْتَةً أَوْ جَهْرَةً هَلْ يُهْلَكُ إِلَّا ٱلْقَوْمُ ٱلظَّـٰلِمُونَ

qul ara-aytakum in atākum ʿadhābu l-lahi baghtatan aw jahratan hal yuh'laku illā l-qawmu l-ẓālimūna

Say, "Have you considered: if the punishment of Allāh should come to you unexpectedly or manifestly, will any be destroyed but the wrongdoing people?"

— Saheeh International

Say, ‘Think: if the punishment of God should come to you, by surprise or openly, would anyone but the evildoers be destroyed?’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Say: "Tell me, if the punishment of Allâh comes to you suddenly (during the night), or openly (during the day), will any be destroyed except the Zâlimûn (polytheists and wrong-doing people)?"

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

Juz 7Page 133meccan

Word by Word

قُلْqulSay
أَرَءَيْتَكُمْara-aytakumHave you seen
إِنْinif
أَتَىٰكُمْatākumcomes to you
عَذَابُʿadhābupunishment
ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
بَغْتَةًbaghtatansuddenly
أَوْawor
جَهْرَةًjahratanopenly
هَلْhalwill
يُهْلَكُyuh'laku(any) be destroyed
إِلَّاillāexcept
ٱلْقَوْمُl-qawmuthe people
ٱلظَّـٰلِمُونَl-ẓālimūnathe wrongdoers