← Surah 43

43:31

وَقَالُوا۟ لَوْلَا نُزِّلَ هَـٰذَا ٱلْقُرْءَانُ عَلَىٰ رَجُلٍ مِّنَ ٱلْقَرْيَتَيْنِ عَظِيمٍ

Word by word

وَقَالُوا۟
And they say
Verb
Root: قول
Grammar (i'rab)
وَPrepositionconjunction، prefix
قَالُVerbperfect، 3rd masc. plur.
وا۟Nounpronoun، suffix، 3rd masc. plur.
لَوْلَا
Why not
Preposition
Grammar (i'rab)
لَوْلَاPrepositionexhortation
نُزِّلَ
was sent down
Verb
Root: نزل
Grammar (i'rab)
نُزِّلَVerbperfect، passive، 3rd masc. sing.
هَٰذَا
this
Preposition
Grammar (i'rab)
هَٰPrepositionATT، prefix
ذَاNoundemonstrative، masc. sing.
ٱلْقُرْءَانُ
the Quran
Noun
Root: قرأ
Grammar (i'rab)
ٱلْPrepositiondefinite، prefix
قُرْءَانُNounproper noun، masculine، nominative
عَلَىٰ
to
Preposition
Grammar (i'rab)
عَلَىٰPrepositionpreposition
رَجُلٍ
a man
Noun
Root: رجل
Grammar (i'rab)
رَجُلٍNounmasculine، indefinite، genitive
مِّنَ
from
Preposition
Grammar (i'rab)
مِّنَPrepositionpreposition
ٱلْقَرْيَتَيْنِ
the two towns
Noun
Root: قري
Grammar (i'rab)
ٱلْPrepositiondefinite، prefix
قَرْيَتَيْنِNounfem. dual، genitive
عَظِيمٍ
great
Noun
Root: عظم
Grammar (i'rab)
عَظِيمٍNounmasc. sing.، indefinite، genitive، adjective

Translation

EN

Also, they say: "Why is not this Qur'an sent down to some leading man in either of the two (chief) cities?"

A. Yusuf Alipublic-domain

and they said, ‘Why was this Quran not sent down to a distinguished man, from either of the two cities?’

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

And they say: If only this Qur'an had been revealed to some great man of the two towns?

M. Pickthallpublic-domain

And they said, "Why was this Qur’ān not sent down upon a great man from [one of] the two cities?"

Saheeh Internationalall-rights-reserved

TR

"Bu Kuran, iki şehrin birinden bir büyük adama indirilmeli değil miydi?" dediler.

Diyanet İşleriall-rights-reserved

Yine Onlar: "Bu Kur'an, şu iki şehirden bir büyük adama indirilmeli değil miydi?" dediler.

Elmalılı Hamdi Yazırpublic-domain

(Devamla:) “Bu Kur’an, iki şehirden bir(er) büyük adama indirilmeli değil miydi?” dediler.

Mehmet Okuyanall-rights-reserved

AR

وقال هؤلاء المشركون مِن قريش: إنْ كان هذا القرآن مِن عند الله حقًا، فهلا نُزِّل على رجل عظيم من إحدى هاتين القريتين "مكة" أو "الطائف".

Tafsir al-Muyassarfree-distribution

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