Surah Al-Qasas, Ayah 46 (28:46)

ٱلْقَصَص

وَمَا كُنتَ بِجَانِبِ ٱلطُّورِ إِذْ نَادَيْنَا وَلَٰكِن رَّحْمَةً مِّن رَّبِّكَ لِتُنذِرَ قَوْمًا مَّآ …

Quran 28:46 is ayah 46 of Surah Al-Qasas (“The Stories”), a Meccan surah of 88 ayahs. It is in Juz 20, on page 391 of the Madani Mushaf.

28:46
وَمَاكُنتَبِجَانِبِٱلطُّورِإِذْنَادَيْنَاوَلَٰكِنرَّحْمَةًمِّنرَّبِّكَلِتُنذِرَقَوْمًامَّآأَتَىٰهُممِّننَّذِيرٍمِّنقَبْلِكَلَعَلَّهُمْيَتَذَكَّرُونَ٤٦
wamā kunta bijānibi l-ṭūri idh nādaynā walākin raḥmatan min rabbika litundhira qawman mā atāhum min nadhīrin min qablika laʿallahum yatadhakkarūna

And you were not at the side of the mount when We called [Moses] but [were sent] as a mercy from your Lord to warn a people to whom no warner had come before you that they might be reminded.(46)

Word by word

  1. وَمَاwamāAnd not
  2. كُنتَkuntayou were
  3. بِجَانِبِbijānibiat (the) side
  4. ٱلطُّورِl-ṭūri(of) the Tur
  5. إِذْidhwhen
  6. نَادَيْنَاnādaynāWe called
  7. وَلَٰكِنwalākinBut
  8. رَّحْمَةًraḥmatan(as) a mercy
  9. مِّنminfrom
  10. رَّبِّكَrabbikayour Lord
  11. لِتُنذِرَlitundhiraso that you warn
  12. قَوْمًاqawmana people
  13. مَّآmānot
  14. أَتَىٰهُمatāhum(had) come to them
  15. مِّنminany
  16. نَّذِيرٍnadhīrinwarner
  17. مِّنminbefore you
  18. قَبْلِكَqablikabefore you
  19. لَعَلَّهُمْlaʿallahumso that they may
  20. يَتَذَكَّرُونَyatadhakkarūnaremember

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