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 Allāh 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.(157)
Surah Al-An'am, Ayah 157 (6:157)
ٱلْأَنْعَام
أَوْ تَقُولُوا۟ لَوْ أَنَّآ أُنزِلَ عَلَيْنَا ٱلْكِتَٰبُ لَكُنَّآ أَهْدَىٰ مِنْهُمْ ۚ فَقَدْ جَآءَكُم …
Quran 6:157 is ayah 157 of Surah Al-An'am (“The Cattle”), a Meccan surah of 165 ayahs. It is in Juz 8, on page 149 of the Madani Mushaf.
- Juz 8
- Hizb 15
- Page 149
- Ruku 20
- Revealed Mecca
6:157
أَوْتَقُولُوا۟لَوْأَنَّآأُنزِلَعَلَيْنَاٱلْكِتَٰبُلَكُنَّآأَهْدَىٰمِنْهُمْ ۚفَقَدْجَآءَكُمبَيِّنَةٌمِّنرَّبِّكُمْوَهُدًىوَرَحْمَةٌ ۚفَمَنْأَظْلَمُمِمَّنكَذَّبَبَِٔايَٰتِٱللَّهِوَصَدَفَعَنْهَا ۗسَنَجْزِىٱلَّذِينَيَصْدِفُونَعَنْءَايَٰتِنَاسُوٓءَٱلْعَذَابِبِمَاكَانُوا۟يَصْدِفُونَ١٥٧
aw taqūlū law annā unzila ʿalaynā l-kitābu lakunnā ahdā min'hum faqad jāakum bayyinatun min rabbikum wahudan waraḥmatun faman aẓlamu mimman kadhaba biāyāti l-lahi waṣadafa ʿanhā sanajzī alladhīna yaṣdifūna ʿan āyātinā sūa l-ʿadhābi bimā kānū yaṣdifūna
Word by word
- أَوْawOr
- تَقُولُوا۟taqūlūyou say
- لَوْlawIf
- أَنَّآannā[that]
- أُنزِلَunzilawas revealed
- عَلَيْنَاʿalaynāto us
- ٱلْكِتَٰبُl-kitābuthe Book
- لَكُنَّآlakunnāsurely we (would) have been
- أَهْدَىٰahdābetter guided
- مِنْهُمْ ۚmin'humthan them
- فَقَدْfaqadSo verily
- جَآءَكُمjāakumhas come to you
- بَيِّنَةٌbayyinatunclear proofs
- مِّنminfrom
- رَّبِّكُمْrabbikumyour Lord
- وَهُدًىwahudanand a Guidance
- وَرَحْمَةٌ ۚwaraḥmatunand a Mercy
- فَمَنْfamanThen who
- أَظْلَمُaẓlamu(is) more unjust
- مِمَّنmimmanthan (he) who
- كَذَّبَkadhabadenies
- بَِٔايَٰتِbiāyāti[with] (the) Verses
- ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
- وَصَدَفَwaṣadafaand turns away
- عَنْهَا ۗʿanhāfrom them
- سَنَجْزِىsanajzīWe will recompense
- ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
- يَصْدِفُونَyaṣdifūnaturn away
- عَنْʿanfrom
- ءَايَٰتِنَاāyātināOur Signs
- سُوٓءَsūa(with) an evil
- ٱلْعَذَابِl-ʿadhābipunishment
- بِمَاbimābecause
- كَانُوا۟kānūthey used to
- يَصْدِفُونَyaṣdifūnaturn away
Tafsir (commentary) of 6:157
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This commentary explains ayahs 6:156–157 together.