Sura 35 Fatir (Originator), ayah 42
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وَأَقْسَمُوا بِاللَّهِ جَهْدَ أَيْمَانِهِمْ لَئِنْ جَاءَهُمْ نَذِيرٌ لَيَكُونُنَّ أَهْدَىٰ مِنْ إِحْدَى الْأُمَمِ ۖ فَلَمَّا جَاءَهُمْ نَذِيرٌ مَا زَادَهُمْ إِلَّا نُفُورًا
Translation by words
- وَأَقْسَمُوا۟
- And they swore
- بِٱللَّهِ
- by Allah
- جَهْدَ
- (the) strongest
- أَيْمَٰنِهِمْ
- (of) their oaths
- لَئِن
- that if
- جَآءَهُمْ
- came to them
- نَذِيرٌ
- a warner,
- لَّيَكُونُنَّ
- surely, they would be
- أَهْدَىٰ
- more guided
- مِنْ
- than
- إِحْدَى
- any
- ٱلْأُمَمِ
- (of) the nations.
- فَلَمَّا
- But when
- جَآءَهُمْ
- came to them
- نَذِيرٌ
- a warner,
- مَّا
- not
- زَادَهُمْ
- it increased them
- إِلَّا
- but
- نُفُورًا
- (in) aversion,
And they swore by Allah their strongest oaths that if a warner came to them, they would be more guided than (any) one of the (previous) nations. But when a warner came to them, it did not increase them except in aversion.
35:42
Translation: Saheeh International