Surah An-Naml Ayah 40

An-Naml · Ayah 40 · Juz 19 · Page 380

قَالَ ٱلَّذِي عِندَهُۥ عِلۡمٞ مِّنَ ٱلۡكِتَٰبِ أَنَا۠ ءَاتِيكَ بِهِۦ قَبۡلَ أَن يَرۡتَدَّ إِلَيۡكَ طَرۡفُكَۚ فَلَمَّا رَءَاهُ مُسۡتَقِرًّا عِندَهُۥ قَالَ هَٰذَا مِن فَضۡلِ رَبِّي لِيَبۡلُوَنِيٓ ءَأَشۡكُرُ أَمۡ أَكۡفُرُۖ وَمَن شَكَرَ فَإِنَّمَا يَشۡكُرُ لِنَفۡسِهِۦۖ وَمَن كَفَرَ فَإِنَّ رَبِّي غَنِيّٞ كَرِيمٞ ٤٠

Qālal-ladhī ʿindahū ʿilmum minal-kitābi ana ātīka bihī qabla ay yartadda ilayka ṭarfuk, falammā raʾāhu mustaqirran ʿindahū qāla hādhā min faḍli rabbī liyabluwanī aʾashkuru am akfur, wa man shakara fa innamā yashkuru linafsih, wa man kafara fa inna rabbī ghaniyyun karīm.

Said one who had knowledge from the Scripture, "I will bring it to you before your glance returns to you." And when [Solomon] saw it placed before him, he said, "This is from the favor of my Lord to test me whether I will be grateful or ungrateful. And whoever is grateful - his gratitude is only for [the benefit of] himself. And whoever is ungrateful - then indeed, my Lord is Free of need and Generous."

Translation: Sahih International

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Word by word38 words

  • قَالَSaid
  • ٱلَّذِيone who
  • عِندَهُۥwith him
  • عِلۡمٞ(was) knowledge
  • مِّنَof
  • ٱلۡكِتَٰبِthe Scripture
  • أَنَا۠I
  • ءَاتِيكَwill bring it to you
  • بِهِۦwill bring it to you
  • قَبۡلَbefore
  • أَن[that]
  • يَرۡتَدَّreturns
  • إِلَيۡكَto you
  • طَرۡفُكَۚyour glance
  • فَلَمَّاThen when
  • رَءَاهُhe saw it
  • مُسۡتَقِرًّاplaced
  • عِندَهُۥbefore him
  • قَالَhe said
  • هَٰذَاThis
  • مِن(is) from
  • فَضۡلِ(the) Favor
  • رَبِّي(of) my Lord
  • لِيَبۡلُوَنِيٓto test me
  • ءَأَشۡكُرُwhether I am grateful
  • أَمۡor
  • أَكۡفُرُۖI am ungrateful
  • وَمَنAnd whoever
  • شَكَرَ(is) grateful
  • فَإِنَّمَاthen only
  • يَشۡكُرُhe is grateful
  • لِنَفۡسِهِۦۖfor his own soul
  • وَمَنAnd whoever
  • كَفَرَ(is) ungrateful
  • فَإِنَّthen indeed
  • رَبِّيmy Lord
  • غَنِيّٞ(is) Self-sufficient
  • كَرِيمٞNoble

Repeated phrases

  • وَمَن يَشۡكُرۡ فَإِنَّمَا يَشۡكُرُ لِنَفۡسِهِۦۖ

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Juz
19
Page
380
Hizb
38