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Surah Al-Ahqaf, Ayah 11 (46:11)

ٱلْأَحْقَاف

وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لِلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ لَوْ كَانَ خَيْرًا مَّا سَبَقُونَآ إِلَيْهِ ۚ …

Quran 46:11 is ayah 11 of Surah Al-Ahqaf (“The Wind-Curved Sandhills”), a Meccan surah of 35 ayahs. It is in Juz 26, on page 503 of the Madani Mushaf.

46:11
وَقَالَٱلَّذِينَكَفَرُوا۟لِلَّذِينَءَامَنُوا۟لَوْكَانَخَيْرًامَّاسَبَقُونَآإِلَيْهِ ۚوَإِذْلَمْيَهْتَدُوا۟بِهِۦفَسَيَقُولُونَهَٰذَآإِفْكٌقَدِيمٌ١١
waqāla alladhīna kafarū lilladhīna āmanū law kāna khayran mā sabaqūnā ilayhi wa-idh lam yahtadū bihi fasayaqūlūna hādhā if'kun qadīmun

And those who disbelieve say of those who believe, "If it had [truly] been good, they would not have preceded us to it." And when they are not guided by it, they will say, "This is an ancient falsehood."(11)

Word by word

  1. وَقَالَwaqālaAnd say
  2. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
  3. كَفَرُوا۟kafarūdisbelieve
  4. لِلَّذِينَlilladhīnaof those who
  5. ءَامَنُوا۟āmanūbelieve
  6. لَوْlawIf
  7. كَانَkānait had been
  8. خَيْرًاkhayrangood
  9. مَّاmānot
  10. سَبَقُونَآsabaqūnāthey (would) have preceded us
  11. إِلَيْهِ ۚilayhito it
  12. وَإِذْwa-idhAnd when
  13. لَمْlamnot
  14. يَهْتَدُوا۟yahtadūthey (are) guided
  15. بِهِۦbihiby it
  16. فَسَيَقُولُونَfasayaqūlūnathey say
  17. هَٰذَآhādhāThis
  18. إِفْكٌif'kun(is) a lie
  19. قَدِيمٌqadīmunancient

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