Surah Al-An'am, Ayah 35 (6:35)

ٱلْأَنْعَام

وَإِن كَانَ كَبُرَ عَلَيْكَ إِعْرَاضُهُمْ فَإِنِ ٱسْتَطَعْتَ أَن تَبْتَغِىَ نَفَقًا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ …

Quran 6:35 is ayah 35 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.

6:35
وَإِنكَانَكَبُرَعَلَيْكَإِعْرَاضُهُمْفَإِنِٱسْتَطَعْتَأَنتَبْتَغِىَنَفَقًافِىٱلْأَرْضِأَوْسُلَّمًافِىٱلسَّمَآءِفَتَأْتِيَهُمبَِٔايَةٍ ۚوَلَوْشَآءَٱللَّهُلَجَمَعَهُمْعَلَىٱلْهُدَىٰ ۚفَلَاتَكُونَنَّمِنَٱلْجَٰهِلِينَ٣٥
wa-in kāna kabura ʿalayka iʿ'rāḍuhum fa-ini is'taṭaʿta an tabtaghiya nafaqan fī l-arḍi aw sullaman fī l-samāi fatatiyahum biāyatin walaw shāa l-lahu lajamaʿahum ʿalā l-hudā falā takūnanna mina l-jāhilīna

And if their evasion is difficult for you, then if you are able to seek a tunnel into the earth or a stairway into the sky to bring them a sign, [then do so]. But if Allāh had willed, He would have united them upon guidance. So never be of the ignorant.(35)

Word by word

  1. وَإِنwa-inAnd if
  2. كَانَkānais
  3. كَبُرَkaburadifficult
  4. عَلَيْكَʿalaykafor you
  5. إِعْرَاضُهُمْiʿ'rāḍuhumtheir aversion
  6. فَإِنِfa-inithen if
  7. ٱسْتَطَعْتَis'taṭaʿtayou are able
  8. أَنanto
  9. تَبْتَغِىَtabtaghiyaseek
  10. نَفَقًاnafaqana tunnel
  11. فِىfīin
  12. ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth
  13. أَوْawor
  14. سُلَّمًاsullamana ladder
  15. فِىfīinto
  16. ٱلسَّمَآءِl-samāithe sky
  17. فَتَأْتِيَهُمfatatiyahumso that you bring to them
  18. بَِٔايَةٍ ۚbiāyatina Sign
  19. وَلَوْwalawBut if
  20. شَآءَshāa(had) willed
  21. ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
  22. لَجَمَعَهُمْlajamaʿahumsurely He (would) have gathered them
  23. عَلَىʿalāon
  24. ٱلْهُدَىٰ ۚl-hudāthe guidance
  25. فَلَاfalāSo (do) not
  26. تَكُونَنَّtakūnannabe
  27. مِنَminaof
  28. ٱلْجَٰهِلِينَl-jāhilīnathe ignorant

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