Concordance
لٰكِن (lakin)
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Concordance — 45 Occurrences
Every place in the Qur'an where the root لٰكِن appears, grouped by grammatical role.
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The Courser, The Chargers, The Assulters 100:6
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إِنَّ الْإِنسَانَ لِرَبِّهِ لَكَنُودٌ
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International):
Indeed mankind, to his Lord, is ungrateful
Abdel Haleem:
man is ungrateful to his Lord––
Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall:
Lo! man is an ingrate unto his Lor
Jonah 10:13
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وَلَقَدۡ أَهۡلَكۡنَا ٱلۡقُرُونَ مِن قَبۡلِكُمۡ لَمَّا ظَلَمُوا۟ وَجَاۤءَتۡهُمۡ رُسُلُهُم بِٱلۡبَیِّنَـٰتِ وَمَا كَانُوا۟ لِیُؤۡمِنُوا۟ۚ كَذَ ٰلِكَ نَجۡزِی ٱلۡقَوۡمَ ٱلۡمُجۡرِمِینَ ١٣
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International):
And We had already destroyed generations before you when they wronged, and their messengers had come to them with clear proofs, but they were not to believe. Thus do We recompense the criminal peopl
Abdel Haleem:
Before you people, We destroyed whole generations when they did evil- their messengers brought them clear signs but they refused to believe. This is how We repay the guilty
Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall:
We destroyed the generations before you when they did wrong; and their messengers (from Allah) came unto them with clear proofs (of His Sovereignty) but they would not believe. Thus do We reward the guilty folk
Joseph 12:32
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قَالَتۡ فَذَ ٰلِكُنَّ ٱلَّذِی لُمۡتُنَّنِی فِیهِۖ وَلَقَدۡ رَ ٰوَدتُّهُۥ عَن نَّفۡسِهِۦ فَٱسۡتَعۡصَمَۖ وَلَىِٕن لَّمۡ یَفۡعَلۡ مَاۤ ءَامُرُهُۥ لَیُسۡجَنَنَّ وَلَیَكُونࣰا مِّنَ ٱلصَّـٰغِرِینَ ٣٢
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International):
She said, "That is the one about whom you blamed me. And I certainly sought to seduce him, but he firmly refused; and if he will not do what I order him, he will surely be imprisoned and will be of those debased."
Abdel Haleem:
She said, ‘This is the one you blamed me for. I tried to seduce him and he wanted to remain chaste, but if he does not do what I command now, he will be put in prison and degraded.’
Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall:
She said: This is he on whose account ye blamed me. I asked of him an evil act, but he proved continent, but if he do not my behest he verily shall be imprisoned, and verily shall be of those brought low
Abraham 14:13
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وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِینَ كَفَرُوا۟ لِرُسُلِهِمۡ لَنُخۡرِجَنَّكُم مِّنۡ أَرۡضِنَاۤ أَوۡ لَتَعُودُنَّ فِی مِلَّتِنَاۖ فَأَوۡحَىٰۤ إِلَیۡهِمۡ رَبُّهُمۡ لَنُهۡلِكَنَّ ٱلظَّـٰلِمِینَ ١٣
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International):
And those who disbelieved said to their messengers, "We will surely drive you out of our land, or you must return to our religion." So their Lord inspired to them, "We will surely destroy the wrongdoers
Abdel Haleem:
The disbelievers said to their messengers, ‘We shall expel you from our land unless you return to our religion.’ But their Lord inspired the messengers: ‘We shall destroy the evildoers
Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall:
And those who disbelieved said unto their messengers: Verily we will drive you out from our land, unless ye return to our religion. Then their Lord inspired them, (saying): Verily we shall destroy the wrong-doers
The Rock, Stoneland, Rock City 15:4
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وَمَاۤ أَهۡلَكۡنَا مِن قَرۡیَةٍ إِلَّا وَلَهَا كِتَابࣱ مَّعۡلُومࣱ ٤
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International):
And We did not destroy any city but that for it was a known decree
Abdel Haleem:
Never have We destroyed a community that did not have a set time
Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall:
And We destroyed no township but there was a known decree for it
Children of Israel, The Israelites 17:17
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وَكَمۡ أَهۡلَكۡنَا مِنَ ٱلۡقُرُونِ مِنۢ بَعۡدِ نُوحࣲۗ وَكَفَىٰ بِرَبِّكَ بِذُنُوبِ عِبَادِهِۦ خَبِیرَۢا بَصِیرࣰا ١٧
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International):
And how many have We destroyed from the generations after Noah. And sufficient is your Lord, concerning the sins of His servants, as Acquainted and Seeing
Abdel Haleem:
How many generations We have destroyed since Noah! Your Lord knows and observes the sins of His servants well enough
Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall:
How many generations have We destroyed since Noah! And Allah sufficeth as Knower and Beholder of the sins of His slaves
The Cave 18:59
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وَتِلۡكَ ٱلۡقُرَىٰۤ أَهۡلَكۡنَـٰهُمۡ لَمَّا ظَلَمُوا۟ وَجَعَلۡنَا لِمَهۡلِكِهِم مَّوۡعِدࣰا ٥٩
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International):
And those cities - We destroyed them when they wronged, and We made for their destruction an appointed time
Abdel Haleem:
[just like] the former communities We destroyed for doing wrong: We set an appointed time for their destruction
Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall:
And (all) those townships! We destroyed them when they did wrong, and We appointed a fixed time for their destruction
Mary 19:74
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وَكَمۡ أَهۡلَكۡنَا قَبۡلَهُم مِّن قَرۡنٍ هُمۡ أَحۡسَنُ أَثَـٰثࣰا وَرِءۡیࣰا ٧٤
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International):
And how many a generation have We destroyed before them who were better in possessions and [outward] appearance
Abdel Haleem:
We have destroyed many a generation before them who surpassed them in riches and outward glitter
Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall:
How many a generation have We destroyed before them, who were more imposing in respect of gear and outward seeming
Mary 19:98
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وَكَمۡ أَهۡلَكۡنَا قَبۡلَهُم مِّن قَرۡنٍ هَلۡ تُحِسُّ مِنۡهُم مِّنۡ أَحَدٍ أَوۡ تَسۡمَعُ لَهُمۡ رِكۡزَۢا ٩٨
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International):
And how many have We destroyed before them of generations? Do you perceive of them anyone or hear from them a sound
Abdel Haleem:
How many generations We have destroyed before them! Do you perceive a single one of them now, or hear as much as a whisper
Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall:
And how many a generation before them have We destroyed! Canst thou (Muhammad) see a single man of them, or hear from them the slightest sound
Ta Ha 20:128
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أَفَلَمۡ یَهۡدِ لَهُمۡ كَمۡ أَهۡلَكۡنَا قَبۡلَهُم مِّنَ ٱلۡقُرُونِ یَمۡشُونَ فِی مَسَـٰكِنِهِمۡۚ إِنَّ فِی ذَ ٰلِكَ لَءَایَـٰتࣲ لِّأُو۟لِی ٱلنُّهَىٰ ١٢٨
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International):
Then, has it not become clear to them how many generations We destroyed before them as they walk among their dwellings? Indeed in that are signs for those of intelligence
Abdel Haleem:
Do they not draw a lesson from the many generations We destroyed before them, through whose dwelling places they now walk? There truly are signs in this for anyone with understanding
Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall:
Is it not a guidance for them (to know) how many a generation We destroyed before them, amid whose dwellings they walk? Lo! therein verily are signs for men of thought
Ta Ha 20:134
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وَلَوۡ أَنَّاۤ أَهۡلَكۡنَـٰهُم بِعَذَابࣲ مِّن قَبۡلِهِۦ لَقَالُوا۟ رَبَّنَا لَوۡلَاۤ أَرۡسَلۡتَ إِلَیۡنَا رَسُولࣰا فَنَتَّبِعَ ءَایَـٰتِكَ مِن قَبۡلِ أَن نَّذِلَّ وَنَخۡزَىٰ ١٣٤
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International):
And if We had destroyed them with a punishment before him, they would have said, "Our Lord, why did You not send to us a messenger so we could have followed Your verses before we were humiliated and disgraced?"
Abdel Haleem:
If We had destroyed them through punishment before this Messenger came, they would have said, ‘Lord, if only You had sent us a messenger, we could have followed Your revelations before we suffered humiliation and disgrace!’
Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall:
And if we had destroyed them with some punishment before it, they would assuredly have said: Our Lord! If only Thou hadst sent unto us a messenger, so that we might have followed Thy revelations before we were (thus) humbled and disgraced
Ta Ha 20:87
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قَالُوا۟ مَاۤ أَخۡلَفۡنَا مَوۡعِدَكَ بِمَلۡكِنَا وَلَـٰكِنَّا حُمِّلۡنَاۤ أَوۡزَارࣰا مِّن زِینَةِ ٱلۡقَوۡمِ فَقَذَفۡنَـٰهَا فَكَذَ ٰلِكَ أَلۡقَى ٱلسَّامِرِیُّ ٨٧
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International):
They said, "We did not break our promise to you by our will, but we were made to carry burdens from the ornaments of the people [of Pharaoh], so we threw them [into the fire], and thus did the Samiri throw."
Abdel Haleem:
They said, ‘We did not break our word to you deliberately. We were burdened with the weight of people’s jewellery, so we threw it [into the fire], and the Samiri did the same,’
Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall:
They said: We broke not tryst with thee of our own will, but we were laden with burdens of ornaments of the folk, then cast them (in the fire), for thus As-Samiri proposed
The Prophets 21:6
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مَاۤ ءَامَنَتۡ قَبۡلَهُم مِّن قَرۡیَةٍ أَهۡلَكۡنَـٰهَاۤۖ أَفَهُمۡ یُؤۡمِنُونَ ٦
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International):
Not a [single] city which We destroyed believed before them, so will they believe
Abdel Haleem:
But of the communities We destroyed before them not a single one believed. Will these now believe
Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall:
Not a township believed of those which We destroyed before them (though We sent them portents): would they then believe
The Prophets 21:9
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ثُمَّ صَدَقۡنَـٰهُمُ ٱلۡوَعۡدَ فَأَنجَیۡنَـٰهُمۡ وَمَن نَّشَاۤءُ وَأَهۡلَكۡنَا ٱلۡمُسۡرِفِینَ ٩
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International):
Then We fulfilled for them the promise, and We saved them and whom We willed and destroyed the transgressors
Abdel Haleem:
We fulfilled Our promise to them in the end: We saved them and those We wished to save, and We destroyed those who exceeded all bounds
Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall:
Then we fulfilled the promise unto them. So we delivered them and whom We would, and We destroyed the prodigals
The Prophets 21:95
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وَحَرَ ٰمٌ عَلَىٰ قَرۡیَةٍ أَهۡلَكۡنَـٰهَاۤ أَنَّهُمۡ لَا یَرۡجِعُونَ ٩٥
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International):
And there is prohibition upon [the people of] a city which We have destroyed that they will [ever] retur
Abdel Haleem:
No community destroyed by Us can escape its return
Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall:
And there is a ban upon any community which We have destroyed: that they shall not return
The Pilgrimage 22:45
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فَكَأَیِّن مِّن قَرۡیَةٍ أَهۡلَكۡنَـٰهَا وَهِیَ ظَالِمَةࣱ فَهِیَ خَاوِیَةٌ عَلَىٰ عُرُوشِهَا وَبِئۡرࣲ مُّعَطَّلَةࣲ وَقَصۡرࣲ مَّشِیدٍ ٤٥
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International):
And how many a city did We destroy while it was committing wrong - so it is [now] fallen into ruin - and [how many] an abandoned well and [how many] a lofty palace
Abdel Haleem:
How many towns steeped in wrongdoing We have destroyed and left in total ruin; how many deserted wells; how many lofty palaces
Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall:
How many a township have We destroyed while it was sinful, so that it lieth (to this day) in ruins, and (how many) a deserted well and lofty tower
The Poets 26:139
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فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَأَهۡلَكۡنَـٰهُمۡۚ إِنَّ فِی ذَ ٰلِكَ لَءَایَةࣰۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكۡثَرُهُم مُّؤۡمِنِینَ ١٣٩
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International):
And they denied him, so We destroyed them. Indeed in that is a sign, but most of them were not to be believers
Abdel Haleem:
They denounced him as a liar, and so We destroyed them. There truly is a sign in this, though most of them do not believe
Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall:
And they denied him; therefor We destroyed them. Lo! herein is indeed a portent, yet most of them are not believers
The Poets 26:200
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كَذَ ٰلِكَ سَلَكۡنَـٰهُ فِی قُلُوبِ ٱلۡمُجۡرِمِینَ ٢٠٠
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International):
Thus have We inserted disbelief into the hearts of the criminals
Abdel Haleem:
So We make it pass straight through the hearts of the guilty
Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall:
Thus do We make it traverse the hearts of the guilty
The Poets 26:208
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وَمَاۤ أَهۡلَكۡنَا مِن قَرۡیَةٍ إِلَّا لَهَا مُنذِرُونَ ٢٠٨
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International):
And We did not destroy any city except that it had warner
Abdel Haleem:
Never have We destroyed a town without sending down messengers to warn it
Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall:
And We destroyed no township but it had its warner
The Story, Stories, The Narrative 28:43
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وَلَقَدۡ ءَاتَیۡنَا مُوسَى ٱلۡكِتَـٰبَ مِنۢ بَعۡدِ مَاۤ أَهۡلَكۡنَا ٱلۡقُرُونَ ٱلۡأُولَىٰ بَصَاۤىِٕرَ لِلنَّاسِ وَهُدࣰى وَرَحۡمَةࣰ لَّعَلَّهُمۡ یَتَذَكَّرُونَ ٤٣
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International):
And We gave Moses the Scripture, after We had destroyed the former generations, as enlightenment for the people and guidance and mercy that they might be reminded
Abdel Haleem:
After We had destroyed the earlier generations, We gave Moses the Scripture to provide insight, guidance, and mercy for people, so that they might take heed
Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall:
And We verily gave the Scripture unto Moses after We had destroyed the generations of old: clear testimonies for mankind, and a guidance and a mercy, that haply they might reflect
The Story, Stories, The Narrative 28:58
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وَكَمۡ أَهۡلَكۡنَا مِن قَرۡیَةِۭ بَطِرَتۡ مَعِیشَتَهَاۖ فَتِلۡكَ مَسَـٰكِنُهُمۡ لَمۡ تُسۡكَن مِّنۢ بَعۡدِهِمۡ إِلَّا قَلِیلࣰاۖ وَكُنَّا نَحۡنُ ٱلۡوَ ٰرِثِینَ ٥٨
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International):
And how many a city have We destroyed that was insolent in its [way of] living, and those are their dwellings which have not been inhabited after them except briefly. And it is We who were the inheritors
Abdel Haleem:
We have destroyed many a community that once revelled in its wanton wealth and easy living: since then their dwelling places have barely been inhabited- We are the only heir
Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall:
And how many a community have We destroyed that was thankless for its means of livelihood! And yonder are their dwellings, which have not been inhabited after them save a little. And We, even We, were the inheritors
The Story, Stories, The Narrative 28:76
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۞ إِنَّ قَـٰرُونَ كَانَ مِن قَوۡمِ مُوسَىٰ فَبَغَىٰ عَلَیۡهِمۡۖ وَءَاتَیۡنَـٰهُ مِنَ ٱلۡكُنُوزِ مَاۤ إِنَّ مَفَاتِحَهُۥ لَتَنُوۤأُ بِٱلۡعُصۡبَةِ أُو۟لِی ٱلۡقُوَّةِ إِذۡ قَالَ لَهُۥ قَوۡمُهُۥ لَا تَفۡرَحۡۖ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا یُحِبُّ ٱلۡفَرِحِینَ ٧٦
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International):
Indeed, Qarun was from the people of Moses, but he tyrannized them. And We gave him of treasures whose keys would burden a band of strong men; thereupon his people said to him, "Do not exult. Indeed, Allah does not like the exultant
Abdel Haleem:
Qarun was one of Moses’ people, but he oppressed them. We had given him such treasures that even their keys would have weighed down a whole company of strong men. His people said to him, ‘Do not gloat, for God does not like people who gloat
Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall:
Now Korah was of Moses' folk, but he oppressed them; and We gave him so much treasure that the stores thereof would verily have been a burden for a troop of mighty men. When his own folk said unto him: Exult not; lo! Allah loveth not the exultant
The Cow 2:64
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ثُمَّ تَوَلَّیۡتُم مِّنۢ بَعۡدِ ذَ ٰلِكَۖ فَلَوۡلَا فَضۡلُ ٱللَّهِ عَلَیۡكُمۡ وَرَحۡمَتُهُۥ لَكُنتُم مِّنَ ٱلۡخَـٰسِرِینَ ٦٤
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International):
Then you turned away after that. And if not for the favor of Allah upon you and His mercy, you would have been among the losers
Abdel Haleem:
Even after that you turned away. Had it not been for God’s favour and mercy on you, you would certainly have been lost
Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall:
Then, even after that, ye turned away, and if it had not been for the grace of Allah and His mercy ye had been among the losers
The Prostration, Worship, Adoration, The Adoration 32:26
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أَوَ لَمۡ یَهۡدِ لَهُمۡ كَمۡ أَهۡلَكۡنَا مِن قَبۡلِهِم مِّنَ ٱلۡقُرُونِ یَمۡشُونَ فِی مَسَـٰكِنِهِمۡۚ إِنَّ فِی ذَ ٰلِكَ لَءَایَـٰتٍۚ أَفَلَا یَسۡمَعُونَ ٢٦
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International):
Has it not become clear to them how many generations We destroyed before them, [as] they walk among their dwellings? Indeed in that are signs; then do they not hear
Abdel Haleem:
Is it not a lesson for them [to see] how many generations We destroyed before them, in whose homes they now walk? There truly are signs in this- do they not hear
Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall:
Is it not a guidance for them (to observe) how many generations We destroyed before them, amid whose dwelling places they do walk? Lo! therein verily are portents! Will they not then heed
Saba, Sheba 34:31
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وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِینَ كَفَرُوا۟ لَن نُّؤۡمِنَ بِهَـٰذَا ٱلۡقُرۡءَانِ وَلَا بِٱلَّذِی بَیۡنَ یَدَیۡهِۗ وَلَوۡ تَرَىٰۤ إِذِ ٱلظَّـٰلِمُونَ مَوۡقُوفُونَ عِندَ رَبِّهِمۡ یَرۡجِعُ بَعۡضُهُمۡ إِلَىٰ بَعۡضٍ ٱلۡقَوۡلَ یَقُولُ ٱلَّذِینَ ٱسۡتُضۡعِفُوا۟ لِلَّذِینَ ٱسۡتَكۡبَرُوا۟ لَوۡلَاۤ أَنتُمۡ لَكُنَّا مُؤۡمِنِینَ ٣١
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International):
And those who disbelieve say, "We will never believe in this Qur'an nor in that before it." But if you could see when the wrongdoers are made to stand before their Lord, refuting each other's words... Those who were oppressed will say to those who were arrogant, "If not for you, we would have been believers."
Abdel Haleem:
The disbelievers say, ‘We will believe neither this Qur an nor the Scriptures that came before it.’ If only you could see [Prophet] how the wrongdoers will be made to stand before their Lord, hurling reproaches at one another. Those who were oppressed will say to the oppressors, ‘If it were not for you, we would have been believers.’
Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall:
And those who disbelieve say: We believe not in this Qur'an nor in that which was before it; but oh, if thou couldst see, when the wrong-doers are brought up before their Lord, how they cast the blame one to another; how those who were despised (in the earth) say unto those who were proud: But for you, we should have been believers
Ya Sin, Ya-Seen 36:31
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أَلَمۡ یَرَوۡا۟ كَمۡ أَهۡلَكۡنَا قَبۡلَهُم مِّنَ ٱلۡقُرُونِ أَنَّهُمۡ إِلَیۡهِمۡ لَا یَرۡجِعُونَ ٣١
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International):
Have they not considered how many generations We destroyed before them - that they to them will not return
Abdel Haleem:
Do they not see how many generations We have destroyed before them, none of whom will ever come back to them
Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall:
Have they not seen how many generations We destroyed before them, which indeed returned not unto them
Those Who Set The Ranks, Drawn up in Ranks, The Rangers 37:169
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لَكُنَّا عِبَادَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلۡمُخۡلَصِینَ ١٦٩
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International):
We would have been the chosen servants of Allah ."
Abdel Haleem:
we would be true servants of God,’
Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall:
We would be single-minded slaves of Allah
Those Who Set The Ranks, Drawn up in Ranks, The Rangers 37:57
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وَلَوۡلَا نِعۡمَةُ رَبِّی لَكُنتُ مِنَ ٱلۡمُحۡضَرِینَ ٥٧
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International):
If not for the favor of my Lord, I would have been of those brought in [to Hell]
Abdel Haleem:
Had it not been for the grace of my Lord, I too would have been taken to Hell.’
Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall:
And had it not been for the favour of my Lord, I too had been of those haled forth (to doom)
The Letter Sad 38:3
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كَمۡ أَهۡلَكۡنَا مِن قَبۡلِهِم مِّن قَرۡنࣲ فَنَادَوا۟ وَّلَاتَ حِینَ مَنَاصࣲ ٣
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International):
How many a generation have We destroyed before them, and they [then] called out; but it was not a time for escape
Abdel Haleem:
How many generations We have destroyed before them! They all cried out, once it was too late, for escape
Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall:
How many a generation We destroyed before them, and they cried out when it was no longer the time for escape
The Troops, Throngs, The Companies 39:57
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أَوۡ تَقُولَ لَوۡ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ هَدَىٰنِی لَكُنتُ مِنَ ٱلۡمُتَّقِینَ ٥٧
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International):
Or [lest] it say, "If only Allah had guided me, I would have been among the righteous."
Abdel Haleem:
Or it says, “If God had guided me, I would have joined the righteous!”
Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall:
Or should say: If Allah had but guided me I should have been among the dutiful
Ornaments of Gold, Luxury, The Embellishment 43:8
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فَأَهۡلَكۡنَاۤ أَشَدَّ مِنۡهُم بَطۡشࣰا وَمَضَىٰ مَثَلُ ٱلۡأَوَّلِینَ ٨
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International):
And We destroyed greater than them in [striking] power, and the example of the former peoples has preceded
Abdel Haleem:
so We have destroyed mightier people than [the disbelievers of Mecca] and their example has gone down in history
Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall:
Then We destroyed men mightier than these in prowess; and the example of the men of old hath gone (before them)
Smoke, The Evident Smoke 44:37
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أَهُمۡ خَیۡرٌ أَمۡ قَوۡمُ تُبَّعࣲ وَٱلَّذِینَ مِن قَبۡلِهِمۡ أَهۡلَكۡنَـٰهُمۡۚ إِنَّهُمۡ كَانُوا۟ مُجۡرِمِینَ ٣٧
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International):
Are they better or the people of Tubba' and those before them? We destroyed them, [for] indeed, they were criminals
Abdel Haleem:
Are they better than the people of Tubbaand those who flourished before them? We destroyed them all- they were guilty
Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall:
Are they better, or the folk of Tubb'a and those before them? We destroyed them, for surely they were guilty
The Kneeling, Crouching 45:24
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وَقَالُوا۟ مَا هِیَ إِلَّا حَیَاتُنَا ٱلدُّنۡیَا نَمُوتُ وَنَحۡیَا وَمَا یُهۡلِكُنَاۤ إِلَّا ٱلدَّهۡرُۚ وَمَا لَهُم بِذَ ٰلِكَ مِنۡ عِلۡمٍۖ إِنۡ هُمۡ إِلَّا یَظُنُّونَ ٢٤
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International):
And they say, "There is not but our worldly life; we die and live, and nothing destroys us except time." And they have of that no knowledge; they are only assuming
Abdel Haleem:
They say, ‘There is only our life in this world: we die, we live, nothing but time destroys us.’ They have no knowledge of this; they only follow guesswork. Their only argument
Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall:
And they say: There is naught but our life of the world; we die and we live, and naught destroyeth us save time; when they have no knowledge whatsoever of (all) that; they do but guess
The Wind-curved Sandhills, The Dunes, The Sandhills 46:27
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وَلَقَدۡ أَهۡلَكۡنَا مَا حَوۡلَكُم مِّنَ ٱلۡقُرَىٰ وَصَرَّفۡنَا ٱلۡءَایَـٰتِ لَعَلَّهُمۡ یَرۡجِعُونَ ٢٧
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International):
And We have already destroyed what surrounds you of [those] cities, and We have diversified the signs [or verses] that perhaps they might return [from disbelief]
Abdel Haleem:
We have also destroyed other communities that once flourished around you- We had given them various signs so that they might return to the right way
Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall:
And verily We have destroyed townships round about you, and displayed (for them) Our revelation, that haply they might return
Muhammad 47:13
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وَكَأَیِّن مِّن قَرۡیَةٍ هِیَ أَشَدُّ قُوَّةࣰ مِّن قَرۡیَتِكَ ٱلَّتِیۤ أَخۡرَجَتۡكَ أَهۡلَكۡنَـٰهُمۡ فَلَا نَاصِرَ لَهُمۡ ١٣
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International):
And how many a city was stronger than your city [Makkah] which drove you out? We destroyed them; and there was no helper for them
Abdel Haleem:
We have destroyed many a town stronger than your own [Prophet]- the town which [chose to] expel you- and they had no one to help them
Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall:
And how many a township stronger than thy township (O Muhammad) which hath cast thee out, have We destroyed, and they had no helper
The Letter Qaf 50:36
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وَكَمۡ أَهۡلَكۡنَا قَبۡلَهُم مِّن قَرۡنٍ هُمۡ أَشَدُّ مِنۡهُم بَطۡشࣰا فَنَقَّبُوا۟ فِی ٱلۡبِلَـٰدِ هَلۡ مِن مَّحِیصٍ ٣٦
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International):
And how many a generation before them did We destroy who were greater than them in [striking] power and had explored throughout the lands. Is there any place of escape
Abdel Haleem:
We have destroyed even mightier generations before these disbelievers, who travelled through [many] lands- was there any escape
Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall:
And how many a generation We destroyed before them, who were mightier than these in prowess so that they overran the lands! Had they any place of refuge (when the judgment came)
The Moon 54:51
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وَلَقَدۡ أَهۡلَكۡنَاۤ أَشۡیَاعَكُمۡ فَهَلۡ مِن مُّدَّكِرࣲ ٥١
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International):
And We have already destroyed your kinds, so is there any who will remember
Abdel Haleem:
We have destroyed the likes of you in the past. Will anyone take heed
Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall:
And verily We have destroyed your fellows; but is there any that remembereth
The Sovereignty, Control, The Kingdom 67:28
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قُلۡ أَرَءَیۡتُمۡ إِنۡ أَهۡلَكَنِیَ ٱللَّهُ وَمَن مَّعِیَ أَوۡ رَحِمَنَا فَمَن یُجِیرُ ٱلۡكَـٰفِرِینَ مِنۡ عَذَابٍ أَلِیمࣲ ٢٨
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International):
Say, [O Muhammad], "Have you considered: whether Allah should cause my death and those with me or have mercy upon us, who can protect the disbelievers from a painful punishment?"
Abdel Haleem:
Say, ‘Just think- regardless of whether God destroys me and my followers or has mercy on us- who will protect the disbelievers from an agonizing torment?’
Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall:
Say (O Muhammad): Have ye thought: Whether Allah causeth me (Muhammad) and those with me to perish or hath mercy on us, still, who will protect the disbelievers from a painful doom
Cattle, Livestock 6:157
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أَوۡ تَقُولُوا۟ لَوۡ أَنَّاۤ أُنزِلَ عَلَیۡنَا ٱلۡكِتَـٰبُ لَكُنَّاۤ أَهۡدَىٰ مِنۡهُمۡۚ فَقَدۡ جَاۤءَكُم بَیِّنَةࣱ مِّن رَّبِّكُمۡ وَهُدࣰى وَرَحۡمَةࣱۚ فَمَنۡ أَظۡلَمُ مِمَّن كَذَّبَ بِءَایَـٰتِ ٱللَّهِ وَصَدَفَ عَنۡهَاۗ سَنَجۡزِی ٱلَّذِینَ یَصۡدِفُونَ عَنۡ ءَایَـٰتِنَا سُوۤءَ ٱلۡعَذَابِ بِمَا كَانُوا۟ یَصۡدِفُونَ ١٥٧
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International):
Or lest you say, "If only the Scripture had been revealed to us, we would have been better guided than they." So there has [now] come to you a clear evidence from your Lord and a guidance and mercy. Then who is more unjust than one who denies the verses of Allah and turns away from them? We will recompense those who turn away from Our verses with the worst of punishment for their having turned away
Abdel Haleem:
or ‘If only the Scripture had been sent down to us, we would have been better guided than them.’ Now clear evidence, guidance, and mercy have come to you from your Lord. Who could be more wrong than someone who rejects God’s revelations and turns away from them? We shall repay those who turn away with a painful punishment
Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall:
Or lest ye should say: If the Scripture had been revealed unto us, we surely had been better guided than are they. Now hath there come unto you a clear proof from your Lord, a guidance and mercy; and who doeth greater wrong than he who denieth the revelations of Allah, and turneth away from them? We award unto those who turn away from Our revelations an evil doom because of their aversion
Cattle, Livestock 6:6
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أَلَمۡ یَرَوۡا۟ كَمۡ أَهۡلَكۡنَا مِن قَبۡلِهِم مِّن قَرۡنࣲ مَّكَّنَّـٰهُمۡ فِی ٱلۡأَرۡضِ مَا لَمۡ نُمَكِّن لَّكُمۡ وَأَرۡسَلۡنَا ٱلسَّمَاۤءَ عَلَیۡهِم مِّدۡرَارࣰا وَجَعَلۡنَا ٱلۡأَنۡهَـٰرَ تَجۡرِی مِن تَحۡتِهِمۡ فَأَهۡلَكۡنَـٰهُم بِذُنُوبِهِمۡ وَأَنشَأۡنَا مِنۢ بَعۡدِهِمۡ قَرۡنًا ءَاخَرِینَ ٦
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International):
Have they not seen how many generations We destroyed before them which We had established upon the earth as We have not established you? And We sent [rain from] the sky upon them in showers and made rivers flow beneath them; then We destroyed them for their sins and brought forth after them a generation of others
Abdel Haleem:
Do they not realize how many generations We destroyed before them? We established them in the earth more firmly than you, sent down abundant rain on them from the sky and made running rivers flow at their feet, yet We destroyed them for their misdeeds and raised other generations after them
Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall:
See they not how many a generation We destroyed before them, whom We had established in the earth more firmly than We have established you, and We shed on them abundant showers from the sky, and made the rivers flow beneath them. Yet we destroyed them for their sins, and created after them another generation
The Heights, The Elevated Places 7:155
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وَٱخۡتَارَ مُوسَىٰ قَوۡمَهُۥ سَبۡعِینَ رَجُلࣰا لِّمِیقَـٰتِنَاۖ فَلَمَّاۤ أَخَذَتۡهُمُ ٱلرَّجۡفَةُ قَالَ رَبِّ لَوۡ شِئۡتَ أَهۡلَكۡتَهُم مِّن قَبۡلُ وَإِیَّـٰیَۖ أَتُهۡلِكُنَا بِمَا فَعَلَ ٱلسُّفَهَاۤءُ مِنَّاۤۖ إِنۡ هِیَ إِلَّا فِتۡنَتُكَ تُضِلُّ بِهَا مَن تَشَاۤءُ وَتَهۡدِی مَن تَشَاۤءُۖ أَنتَ وَلِیُّنَا فَٱغۡفِرۡ لَنَا وَٱرۡحَمۡنَاۖ وَأَنتَ خَیۡرُ ٱلۡغَـٰفِرِینَ ١٥٥
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International):
And Moses chose from his people seventy men for Our appointment. And when the earthquake seized them, he said, "My Lord, if You had willed, You could have destroyed them before and me [as well]. Would You destroy us for what the foolish among us have done? This is not but Your trial by which You send astray whom You will and guide whom You will. You are our Protector, so forgive us and have mercy upon us; and You are the best of forgivers
Abdel Haleem:
Moses chose from his people seventy men for Our appointment, and when they were seized by trembling, he prayed, ‘My Lord, if You had chosen to do so, You could have destroyed them long before this, and me too, so will You now destroy us for what the foolish among us have done? This is only a trial from You- through it, You cause whoever You will to stray and guide whoever You will- and You are our Protector, so forgive us and have mercy on us. You are the best of those who forgive
Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall:
And Moses chose of his people seventy men for Our appointed tryst and, when the trembling came on them, he said: My Lord! If Thou hadst willed Thou hadst destroyed them long before, and me with them. Wilt thou destroy us for that which the ignorant among us did? It is but Thy trial (of us). Thou sendest whom Thou wilt astray and guidest whom Thou wilt: Thou art our Protecting Friend, therefore forgive us and have mercy on us, Thou, the Best of all who show forgiveness
The Heights, The Elevated Places 7:173
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أَوۡ تَقُولُوۤا۟ إِنَّمَاۤ أَشۡرَكَ ءَابَاۤؤُنَا مِن قَبۡلُ وَكُنَّا ذُرِّیَّةࣰ مِّنۢ بَعۡدِهِمۡۖ أَفَتُهۡلِكُنَا بِمَا فَعَلَ ٱلۡمُبۡطِلُونَ ١٧٣
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International):
Or [lest] you say, "It was only that our fathers associated [others in worship] with Allah before, and we were but descendants after them. Then would You destroy us for what the falsifiers have done?"
Abdel Haleem:
or, ‘It was our forefathers who, before us, ascribed partners to God, and we are only the descendants who came after them: will you destroy us because of falsehoods they invented?’
Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall:
Or lest ye should say: (It is) only (that) our fathers ascribed partners to Allah of old and we were (their) seed after them. Wilt Thou destroy us on account of that which those who follow falsehood did
The Heights, The Elevated Places 7:4
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وَكَم مِّن قَرۡیَةٍ أَهۡلَكۡنَـٰهَا فَجَاۤءَهَا بَأۡسُنَا بَیَـٰتًا أَوۡ هُمۡ قَاۤىِٕلُونَ ٤
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International):
And how many cities have We destroyed, and Our punishment came to them at night or while they were sleeping at noon
Abdel Haleem:
How many towns We have destroyed! Our punishment came to them by night or while they slept in the afternoon
Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall:
How many a township have We destroyed! As a raid by night, or while they slept at noon, Our terror came unto them
The Overthrowing, The Cessation 81:16
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الْجَوَارِ الْكُنَّسِ
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International):
Those that run [their courses] and disappear
Abdel Haleem:
that recede, move, and hide
Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall:
The stars which rise and set
The Spoils of War 8:54
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كَدَأۡبِ ءَالِ فِرۡعَوۡنَ وَٱلَّذِینَ مِن قَبۡلِهِمۡۚ كَذَّبُوا۟ بِءَایَـٰتِ رَبِّهِمۡ فَأَهۡلَكۡنَـٰهُم بِذُنُوبِهِمۡ وَأَغۡرَقۡنَاۤ ءَالَ فِرۡعَوۡنَۚ وَكُلࣱّ كَانُوا۟ ظَـٰلِمِینَ ٥٤
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International):
[Theirs is] like the custom of the people of Pharaoh and of those before them. They denied the signs of their Lord, so We destroyed them for their sins, and We drowned the people of Pharaoh. And all [of them] were wrongdoers
Abdel Haleem:
They are indeed like Pharaoh’s people and those before them, who denied the signs of their Lord: We destroyed them for their sins, and We drowned Pharaoh’s people- they were all evildoers
Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall:
(Their way is) as the way of Pharaoh's folk and those before them; they denied the revelations of their Lord, so We destroyed them in their sins. And We drowned the folk of Pharaoh. All were evil-doers