← Surah 43

43:21

أَمْ ءَاتَيْنَـٰهُمْ كِتَـٰبًا مِّن قَبْلِهِۦ فَهُم بِهِۦ مُسْتَمْسِكُونَ

Word by word

أَمْ
Or
Preposition
Grammar (i'rab)
أَمْPreposition — conjunction
ءَاتَيْنَٰهُمْ
have We given them
Verb
Root: أتي
Grammar (i'rab)
ءَاتَيْVerb — perfect، 1st plur.
نَٰNoun — pronoun، suffix، 1st plur.
هُمْNoun — pronoun، suffix، 3rd masc. plur.
كِتَٰبًا
a book
Noun
Root: كتب
Grammar (i'rab)
كِتَٰبًاNoun — masculine، indefinite، accusative
مِّن
before it
Preposition
Grammar (i'rab)
مِّنPreposition — preposition
قَبْلِهِۦ
before it
Noun
Root: قبل
Grammar (i'rab)
قَبْلِNoun — genitive
هِۦNoun — pronoun، suffix، 3rd masc. sing.
فَهُم
so they
Preposition
Grammar (i'rab)
فَPreposition — resumption، prefix
هُمNoun — pronoun، 3rd masc. plur.
بِهِۦ
to it
Preposition
Grammar (i'rab)
بِPreposition — preposition، prefix
هِۦNoun — pronoun، 3rd masc. sing.
مُسْتَمْسِكُونَ
(are) holding fast
Noun
Root: مسك
Grammar (i'rab)
مُسْتَمْسِكُونَNoun — active participle، masc. plur.، nominative

Translation

EN

What! have We given them a Book before this, to which they are holding fast?

A. Yusuf Alipublic-domain

or have We perhaps given them a book before this one, to which they hold fast?

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

Or have We given them any scripture before (this Qur'an) so that they are holding fast thereto?

M. Pickthallpublic-domain

Or have We given them a book before it [i.e., the Qur’ān] to which they are adhering?

Saheeh Internationalall-rights-reserved

TR

Yoksa onlara daha önce bir kitap verdik de ona mı bağlanıyorlar?

Diyanet İşleriall-rights-reserved

Yoksa biz kendilerine bundan önce bir kitap verdik de onlar, ona mı sarılıyorlar?

Elmalılı Hamdi Yazırpublic-domain

Yoksa bundan önce onlara bir kitap verdik de ona mı tutunuyorlar!

Mehmet Okuyanall-rights-reserved

AR

أَحَضَروا خَلْق الملائكة، أم أعطيناهم كتابًا من قبل القرآن الذي أنزلناه، فهم به مستمسكون يعملون بما فيه، ويحتجون به عليك أيها الرسول؟

Tafsir al-Muyassarfree-distribution

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