Surah Al-An'am, Ayah 157 (6:157)

ٱلْأَنْعَام

أَوْ تَقُولُوا۟ لَوْ أَنَّآ أُنزِلَ عَلَيْنَا ٱلْكِتَٰبُ لَكُنَّآ أَهْدَىٰ مِنْهُمْ ۚ فَقَدْ جَآءَكُم …

Quran 6:157 is ayah 157 of Surah Al-An'am (“The Cattle”), a Meccan surah of 165 ayahs. It is in Juz 8, on page 149 of the Madani Mushaf.

6:157
أَوْتَقُولُوا۟لَوْأَنَّآأُنزِلَعَلَيْنَاٱلْكِتَٰبُلَكُنَّآأَهْدَىٰمِنْهُمْ ۚفَقَدْجَآءَكُمبَيِّنَةٌمِّنرَّبِّكُمْوَهُدًىوَرَحْمَةٌ ۚفَمَنْأَظْلَمُمِمَّنكَذَّبَبَِٔايَٰتِٱللَّهِوَصَدَفَعَنْهَا ۗسَنَجْزِىٱلَّذِينَيَصْدِفُونَعَنْءَايَٰتِنَاسُوٓءَٱلْعَذَابِبِمَاكَانُوا۟يَصْدِفُونَ١٥٧
aw taqūlū law annā unzila ʿalaynā l-kitābu lakunnā ahdā min'hum faqad jāakum bayyinatun min rabbikum wahudan waraḥmatun faman aẓlamu mimman kadhaba biāyāti l-lahi waṣadafa ʿanhā sanajzī alladhīna yaṣdifūna ʿan āyātinā sūa l-ʿadhābi bimā kānū yaṣdifūna

Or lest you say, "If only the Scripture had been revealed to us, we would have been better guided than they." So there has [now] come to you a clear evidence from your Lord and a guidance and mercy. Then who is more unjust than one who denies the verses of Allāh and turns away from them? We will recompense those who turn away from Our verses with the worst of punishment for their having turned away.(157)

Word by word

  1. أَوْawOr
  2. تَقُولُوا۟taqūlūyou say
  3. لَوْlawIf
  4. أَنَّآannā[that]
  5. أُنزِلَunzilawas revealed
  6. عَلَيْنَاʿalaynāto us
  7. ٱلْكِتَٰبُl-kitābuthe Book
  8. لَكُنَّآlakunnāsurely we (would) have been
  9. أَهْدَىٰahdābetter guided
  10. مِنْهُمْ ۚmin'humthan them
  11. فَقَدْfaqadSo verily
  12. جَآءَكُمjāakumhas come to you
  13. بَيِّنَةٌbayyinatunclear proofs
  14. مِّنminfrom
  15. رَّبِّكُمْrabbikumyour Lord
  16. وَهُدًىwahudanand a Guidance
  17. وَرَحْمَةٌ ۚwaraḥmatunand a Mercy
  18. فَمَنْfamanThen who
  19. أَظْلَمُaẓlamu(is) more unjust
  20. مِمَّنmimmanthan (he) who
  21. كَذَّبَkadhabadenies
  22. بَِٔايَٰتِbiāyāti[with] (the) Verses
  23. ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
  24. وَصَدَفَwaṣadafaand turns away
  25. عَنْهَا ۗʿanhāfrom them
  26. سَنَجْزِىsanajzīWe will recompense
  27. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
  28. يَصْدِفُونَyaṣdifūnaturn away
  29. عَنْʿanfrom
  30. ءَايَٰتِنَاāyātināOur Signs
  31. سُوٓءَsūa(with) an evil
  32. ٱلْعَذَابِl-ʿadhābipunishment
  33. بِمَاbimābecause
  34. كَانُوا۟kānūthey used to
  35. يَصْدِفُونَyaṣdifūnaturn away

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