Surah Al-Qalam (القلم) • The Pen

Quran 68:49

68:49

لَّوْلَآ أَن تَدَٰرَكَهُۥ نِعْمَةٌ مِّن رَّبِّهِۦ لَنُبِذَ بِٱلْعَرَآءِ وَهُوَ مَذْمُومٌ

lawlā an tadārakahu niʿ'matun min rabbihi lanubidha bil-ʿarāi wahuwa madhmūmun

If not that a favor [i.e., mercy] from his Lord overtook him, he would have been thrown onto the naked shore while he was censured.

— Saheeh International

if his Lord’s grace had not reached him, he would have been left, abandoned and blameworthy, on the barren shore,

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Had not a Grace from his Lord reached him, he would indeed have been (left in the stomach of the fish, but We forgave him): so he was cast off on the naked shore, while he was to be blamed.

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

Juz 29Page 566meccan

Word by Word

لَّوْلَآlawlāIf not
أَنanthat
تَدَٰرَكَهُۥtadārakahuovertook him
نِعْمَةٌۭniʿ'matuna Favor
مِّنminfrom
رَّبِّهِۦrabbihihis Lord
لَنُبِذَlanubidhasurely he would have been thrown
بِٱلْعَرَآءِbil-ʿarāionto (the) naked shore
وَهُوَwahuwawhile he
مَذْمُومٌۭmadhmūmun(was) blamed