Surah Az-Zukhruf, Ayah 31 (43:31)

ٱلزُّخْرُف

وَقَالُوا۟ لَوْلَا نُزِّلَ هَٰذَا ٱلْقُرْءَانُ عَلَىٰ رَجُلٍ مِّنَ ٱلْقَرْيَتَيْنِ عَظِيمٍ

Quran 43:31 is ayah 31 of Surah Az-Zukhruf (“The Ornaments of Gold”), a Meccan surah of 89 ayahs. It is in Juz 25, on page 491 of the Madani Mushaf.

43:31
وَقَالُوا۟لَوْلَانُزِّلَهَٰذَاٱلْقُرْءَانُعَلَىٰرَجُلٍمِّنَٱلْقَرْيَتَيْنِعَظِيمٍ٣١
waqālū lawlā nuzzila hādhā l-qur'ānu ʿalā rajulin mina l-qaryatayni ʿaẓīmin

And they said, "Why was this Qur’ān not sent down upon a great man from [one of] the two cities?"(31)

Word by word

  1. وَقَالُوا۟waqālūAnd they say
  2. لَوْلَاlawlāWhy not
  3. نُزِّلَnuzzilawas sent down
  4. هَٰذَاhādhāthis
  5. ٱلْقُرْءَانُl-qur'ānuthe Quran
  6. عَلَىٰʿalāto
  7. رَجُلٍrajulina man
  8. مِّنَminafrom
  9. ٱلْقَرْيَتَيْنِl-qaryataynithe two towns
  10. عَظِيمٍʿaẓīmingreat

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