Surah Al-An'am (الأنعام) • The Cattle

Quran 6:77

6:77

فَلَمَّا رَءَا ٱلْقَمَرَ بَازِغًا قَالَ هَـٰذَا رَبِّى ۖ فَلَمَّآ أَفَلَ قَالَ لَئِن لَّمْ يَهْدِنِى رَبِّى لَأَكُونَنَّ مِنَ ٱلْقَوْمِ ٱلضَّآلِّينَ

falammā raā l-qamara bāzighan qāla hādhā rabbī falammā afala qāla la-in lam yahdinī rabbī la-akūnanna mina l-qawmi l-ḍālīna

And when he saw the moon rising, he said, "This is my lord." But when it set, he said, "Unless my Lord guides me, I will surely be among the people gone astray."

— Saheeh International

And when he saw the moon rising he said, ‘This is my Lord,’ but when it too set, he said, ‘If my Lord does not guide me, I shall be one of those who go astray.’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

When he saw the moon rising up, he said: "This is my lord." But when it set, he said: "Unless my Lord guides me, I shall surely be among the people who went astray."

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

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Word by Word

فَلَمَّاfalammāWhen
رَءَاraāhe saw
ٱلْقَمَرَl-qamarathe moon
بَازِغًۭاbāzighanrising
قَالَqālahe said
هَـٰذَاhādhāThis
رَبِّىۖrabbī(is) my Lord
فَلَمَّآfalammāBut when
أَفَلَafalait set
قَالَqālahe said
لَئِنla-inIf
لَّمْlam(does) not
يَهْدِنِىyahdinīguide me
رَبِّىrabbīmy Lord
لَأَكُونَنَّla-akūnannaI will surely be
مِنَminaamong
ٱلْقَوْمِl-qawmithe people
ٱلضَّآلِّينَl-ḍālīnawho went astray