← Surah 27

27:46

قَالَ يَـٰقَوْمِ لِمَ تَسْتَعْجِلُونَ بِٱلسَّيِّئَةِ قَبْلَ ٱلْحَسَنَةِ ۖ لَوْلَا تَسْتَغْفِرُونَ ٱللَّهَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُرْحَمُونَ

Word by word

قَالَ
He said
Verb
Root: قول
Grammar (i'rab)
قَالَVerb — perfect، 3rd masc. sing.
يَٰقَوْمِ
O my people
Noun
Root: قوم
Grammar (i'rab)
يَٰPreposition — vocative، prefix
قَوْمِNoun — masculine، nominative
Noun — pronoun، suffix، 1st sing.
لِمَ
Why
Preposition
Grammar (i'rab)
لِPreposition — preposition، prefix
مَNoun — interrogative
تَسْتَعْجِلُونَ
(do) you seek to hasten
Verb
Root: عجل
Grammar (i'rab)
تَسْتَعْجِلُVerb — imperfect، 2nd masc. plur.
ونَNoun — pronoun، suffix، 2nd masc. plur.
بِٱلسَّيِّئَةِ
the evil
Noun
Root: سوأ
Grammar (i'rab)
بِPreposition — preposition، prefix
ٱلPreposition — definite، prefix
سَّيِّئَةِNoun — feminine، genitive
قَبْلَ
before
Noun
Root: قبل
Grammar (i'rab)
قَبْلَNoun — time adverb، accusative
ٱلْحَسَنَةِ
the good
Noun
Root: حسن
Grammar (i'rab)
ٱلْPreposition — definite، prefix
حَسَنَةِNoun — feminine، genitive
لَوْلَا
Why not
Preposition
Grammar (i'rab)
لَوْلَاPreposition — exhortation
تَسْتَغْفِرُونَ
you ask forgiveness
Verb
Root: غفر
Grammar (i'rab)
تَسْتَغْفِرُVerb — imperfect، 2nd masc. plur.
ونَNoun — pronoun، suffix، 2nd masc. plur.
ٱللَّهَ
(of) Allah
Noun
Root: أله
Grammar (i'rab)
ٱللَّهَNoun — proper noun، accusative
لَعَلَّكُمْ
so that you may
Preposition
Grammar (i'rab)
لَعَلَّPreposition — accusative
كُمْNoun — pronoun، suffix، 2nd masc. plur.
تُرْحَمُونَ
receive mercy
Verb
Root: رحم
Grammar (i'rab)
تُرْحَمُVerb — imperfect، passive، 2nd masc. plur.
ونَNoun — pronoun، suffix، 2nd masc. plur.

Translation

EN

He said: "O my people! why ask ye to hasten on the evil in preference to the good? If only ye ask Allah for forgiveness, ye may hope to receive mercy.

A. Yusuf Alipublic-domain

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?’

M.A.S. Abdel Haleemall-rights-reserved

He said: O my people! Why will ye hasten on the evil rather than the good? Why will ye not ask pardon of Allah, that ye may receive mercy.

M. Pickthallpublic-domain

He said, "O my people, why are you impatient for evil before [i.e., instead of] good? Why do you not seek forgiveness of Allāh that you may receive mercy?"

Saheeh Internationalall-rights-reserved

TR

Salih: "Ey milletim! Niye iyilikten önce, acele kötülük istiyorsunuz? Merhamet olunasınız diye Allah'tan mağfiret dileseniz olmaz mı?" dedi.

Diyanet İşleriall-rights-reserved

Salih dedi ki: "Ey benim kavmim! İyilik dururken niçin kötülüğe koşuyorsunuz? Ne olur Allah'a istiğfar etseniz, belki rahmetine ulaşırdınız."

Elmalılı Hamdi Yazırpublic-domain

(Salih) şöyle demişti: “Ey kavmim! İyiliğin öncesinde niçin kötülüğe (kötülüğün gelmesine) acele ediyorsunuz? Merhamete ulaştırılasınız diye Allah’tan bağışlanma dilesenize!”

Mehmet Okuyanall-rights-reserved

AR

قال صالح للفريق الكافر: لِمَ تبادرون الكفر وعمل السيئات الذي يجلب لكم العذاب، وتؤخرون الإيمان وفِعْل الحسنات الذي يجلب لكم الثواب؟ هلا تطلبون المغفرة من الله ابتداء، وتتوبون إليه؛ رجاء أن ترحموا.

Tafsir al-Muyassarfree-distribution

Where this verse appears

Topics
Oneness of GodMercy & Forgiveness