Children of Israel, The Israelites — Verse 88

17:88 · al-Isra`

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Children of Israel, The Israelites 17:88

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Arabic English Morphology
قُل qul
Say V
لَّئِنِ la-ini
If Prep
ٱجْتَمَعَتِ ij'tamaʿati
gathered V
ٱلْإِنسُ l-insu
the mankind Noun
وَٱلْجِنُّ wal-jinu
and the jinn Noun
عَلَىٰٓ ʿalā
to Prep
أَن an
[that] Prep
يَأْتُوا۟ yatū
bring V
بِمِثْلِ bimith'li
the like Noun
هَٰذَا hādhā
(of) this Noun
ٱلْقُرْءَانِ l-qur'āni
Quran Noun
لَا lā
not Prep
يَأْتُونَ yatūna
they (could) bring V
بِمِثْلِهِۦ bimith'lihi
the like of it Noun
وَلَوْ walaw
even if Prep
كَانَ kāna
were V
بَعْضُهُمْ baʿḍuhum
some of them Noun
لِبَعْضٍ libaʿḍin
to some others Noun
ظَهِيرًا ẓahīran
assistants Noun

Say, ‘Even if all mankind and jinn came together to produce something like this Quran, they could not produce anything like it, however much they helped each other.’

— Abdel Haleem

Arabic Text

قُل لَّىِٕنِ ٱجۡتَمَعَتِ ٱلۡإِنسُ وَٱلۡجِنُّ عَلَىٰۤ أَن یَأۡتُوا۟ بِمِثۡلِ هَـٰذَا ٱلۡقُرۡءَانِ لَا یَأۡتُونَ بِمِثۡلِهِۦ وَلَوۡ كَانَ بَعۡضُهُمۡ لِبَعۡضࣲ ظَهِیرࣰا ۝٨٨

qul la-ini ij'tamaʿati l-insu wal-jinu ʿalā an yatū bimith'li hādhā l-qur'āni lā yatūna bimith'lihi walaw kāna baʿḍuhum libaʿḍin ẓahīra

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