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Surah Al-An'am, Ayah 9 (6:9)

ٱلْأَنْعَام

وَلَوْ جَعَلْنَٰهُ مَلَكًا لَّجَعَلْنَٰهُ رَجُلًا وَلَلَبَسْنَا عَلَيْهِم مَّا يَلْبِسُونَ

Quran 6:9 is ayah 9 of Surah Al-An'am (“The Cattle”), a Meccan surah of 165 ayahs. It is in Juz 7, on page 129 of the Madani Mushaf.

6:9
وَلَوْجَعَلْنَٰهُمَلَكًالَّجَعَلْنَٰهُرَجُلًاوَلَلَبَسْنَاعَلَيْهِممَّايَلْبِسُونَ٩
walaw jaʿalnāhu malakan lajaʿalnāhu rajulan walalabasnā ʿalayhim mā yalbisūna

And if We had made him [i.e., the messenger] an angel, We would have made him [appear as] a man, and We would have covered them with that in which they cover themselves [i.e., confusion and doubt].(9)

Word by word

  1. وَلَوْwalawAnd if
  2. جَعَلْنَٰهُjaʿalnāhuWe had made him
  3. مَلَكًاmalakanan Angel
  4. لَّجَعَلْنَٰهُlajaʿalnāhucertainly We (would) have made him
  5. رَجُلًاrajulana man
  6. وَلَلَبَسْنَاwalalabasnāand certainly We (would) have obscured
  7. عَلَيْهِمʿalayhimto them
  8. مَّاmāwhat
  9. يَلْبِسُونَyalbisūnathey are obscuring

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