Surah Al-An'am (الأنعام) • The Cattle

Quran 6:8

6:8

وَقَالُوا۟ لَوْلَآ أُنزِلَ عَلَيْهِ مَلَكٌ ۖ وَلَوْ أَنزَلْنَا مَلَكًا لَّقُضِىَ ٱلْأَمْرُ ثُمَّ لَا يُنظَرُونَ

waqālū lawlā unzila ʿalayhi malakun walaw anzalnā malakan laquḍiya l-amru thumma lā yunẓarūna

And they say, "Why was there not sent down to him an angel?" But if We had sent down an angel, the matter would have been decided; then they would not be reprieved.

— Saheeh International

They say, ‘Why was no angel sent down to [support] him?’ But had We sent down an angel, their judgement would have come at once with no respite given.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And they say: "Why has not an angel been sent down to him?" Had We sent down an angel, the matter would have been judged at once, and no respite would be granted to them.

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

Juz 7Page 128meccan

Word by Word

وَقَالُوا۟waqālūAnd they said
لَوْلَآlawlāWhy has not been
أُنزِلَunzilasent down
عَلَيْهِʿalayhito him
مَلَكٌۭۖmalakunan Angel
وَلَوْwalawAnd if
أَنزَلْنَاanzalnāWe (had) sent down
مَلَكًۭاmalakanan Angel
لَّقُضِىَlaquḍiyasurely (would) have been decided
ٱلْأَمْرُl-amruthe matter
ثُمَّthummathen
لَاlāno
يُنظَرُونَyunẓarūnarespite would have been granted to them