Surah Al-An'am, Ayah 30 (6:30)

ٱلْأَنْعَام

وَلَوْ تَرَىٰٓ إِذْ وُقِفُوا۟ عَلَىٰ رَبِّهِمْ ۚ قَالَ أَلَيْسَ هَٰذَا بِٱلْحَقِّ ۚ قَالُوا۟ بَلَىٰ …

Quran 6:30 is ayah 30 of Surah Al-An'am (“The Cattle”), a Meccan surah of 165 ayahs. It is in Juz 7, on page 131 of the Madani Mushaf.

6:30
وَلَوْتَرَىٰٓإِذْوُقِفُوا۟عَلَىٰرَبِّهِمْ ۚقَالَأَلَيْسَهَٰذَابِٱلْحَقِّ ۚقَالُوا۟بَلَىٰوَرَبِّنَا ۚقَالَفَذُوقُوا۟ٱلْعَذَابَبِمَاكُنتُمْتَكْفُرُونَ٣٠
walaw tarā idh wuqifū ʿalā rabbihim qāla alaysa hādhā bil-ḥaqi qālū balā warabbinā qāla fadhūqū l-ʿadhāba bimā kuntum takfurūna

If you could but see when they will be made to stand before their Lord. He will say, "Is this not the truth?" They will say, "Yes, by our Lord." He will [then] say, "So taste the punishment for what you used to deny."(30)

Word by word

  1. وَلَوْwalawAnd if
  2. تَرَىٰٓtarāyou (could) see
  3. إِذْidhwhen
  4. وُقِفُوا۟wuqifūthey will be made to stand
  5. عَلَىٰʿalābefore
  6. رَبِّهِمْ ۚrabbihimtheir Lord
  7. قَالَqālaHe (will) say
  8. أَلَيْسَalaysaIs not
  9. هَٰذَاhādhāthis
  10. بِٱلْحَقِّ ۚbil-ḥaqithe truth
  11. قَالُوا۟qālūThey will say
  12. بَلَىٰbalāYes
  13. وَرَبِّنَا ۚwarabbināby our Lord
  14. قَالَqālaHe (will) say
  15. فَذُوقُوا۟fadhūqūSo taste
  16. ٱلْعَذَابَl-ʿadhābathe punishment
  17. بِمَاbimābecause
  18. كُنتُمْkuntumyou used to
  19. تَكْفُرُونَtakfurūnadisbelieve

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