Sura 21 Al-Anbiya (The Prophets), ayah 44
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بَلْ مَتَّعْنَا هَٰؤُلَاءِ وَآبَاءَهُمْ حَتَّىٰ طَالَ عَلَيْهِمُ الْعُمُرُ ۗ أَفَلَا يَرَوْنَ أَنَّا نَأْتِي الْأَرْضَ نَنْقُصُهَا مِنْ أَطْرَافِهَا ۚ أَفَهُمُ الْغَالِبُونَ
Translation by words
- بَلْ
- Nay,
- مَتَّعْنَا
- We gave provision
- هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ
- (to) these
- وَءَابَآءَهُمْ
- and their fathers
- حَتَّىٰ
- until
- طَالَ
- grew long
- عَلَيْهِمُ
- for them,
- ٱلْعُمُرُ
- the life.
- أَفَلَا
- Then do not
- يَرَوْنَ
- they see
- أَنَّا
- that We
- نَأْتِى
- We come
- ٱلْأَرْضَ
- (to) the land,
- نَنقُصُهَا
- We reduce it
- مِنْ
- from
- أَطْرَافِهَآ
- its borders?
- أَفَهُمُ
- So is (it) they
- ٱلْغَٰلِبُونَ
- (who will be) overcoming?
But, (on the contrary), We have provided good things for these (disbelievers) and their fathers until life was prolonged for them. Then do they not see that We set upon the land, reducing it from its borders? So it is they who will overcome?
21:44
Translation: Saheeh International