The Ant, The Ants — Verse 46

27:46 · an-Naml

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The Ant, The Ants 27:46

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Arabic English Morphology
قَالَ qāla
He said V
يَٰقَوْمِ yāqawmi
O my people Noun
لِمَ lima
Why Noun
تَسْتَعْجِلُونَ tastaʿjilūna
(do) you seek to hasten V
بِٱلسَّيِّئَةِ bil-sayi-ati
the evil Noun
قَبْلَ qabla
before Noun
ٱلْحَسَنَةِ l-ḥasanati
the good Noun
لَوْلَا lawlā
Why not Prep
تَسْتَغْفِرُونَ tastaghfirūna
you ask forgiveness V
ٱللَّهَ l-laha
(of) Allah Noun
لَعَلَّكُمْ laʿallakum
so that you may Prep
تُرْحَمُونَ tur'ḥamūna
receive mercy V

Salih said, ‘My people, why do you rush to bring [forward] what is bad rather than good? Why do you not ask forgiveness of God, so that you may be given mercy?’

— Abdel Haleem

Arabic Text

قَالَ یَـٰقَوۡمِ لِمَ تَسۡتَعۡجِلُونَ بِٱلسَّیِّئَةِ قَبۡلَ ٱلۡحَسَنَةِۖ لَوۡلَا تَسۡتَغۡفِرُونَ ٱللَّهَ لَعَلَّكُمۡ تُرۡحَمُونَ ۝٤٦

qāla yāqawmi lima tastaʿjilūna bil-sayi-ati qabla l-ḥasanati lawlā tastaghfirūna l-laha laʿallakum tur'ḥamūn

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