Surah Al-Hijr, Ayah 8 (15:8)

ٱلْحِجْر

مَا نُنَزِّلُ ٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةَ إِلَّا بِٱلْحَقِّ وَمَا كَانُوٓا۟ إِذًا مُّنظَرِينَ

Quran 15:8 is ayah 8 of Surah Al-Hijr (“The Rocky Tract”), a Meccan surah of 99 ayahs. It is in Juz 14, on page 262 of the Madani Mushaf.

15:8
مَانُنَزِّلُٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةَإِلَّابِٱلْحَقِّوَمَاكَانُوٓا۟إِذًامُّنظَرِينَ٨
mā nunazzilu l-malāikata illā bil-ḥaqi wamā kānū idhan munẓarīna

We do not send down the angels except with truth; and they [i.e., the disbelievers] would not then be reprieved.(8)

Word by word

  1. مَاmāNot
  2. نُنَزِّلُnunazziluWe send down
  3. ٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةَl-malāikatathe Angels
  4. إِلَّاillāexcept
  5. بِٱلْحَقِّbil-ḥaqiwith the truth
  6. وَمَاwamāand not
  7. كَانُوٓا۟kānūthey would be
  8. إِذًاidhanthen
  9. مُّنظَرِينَmunẓarīnagiven respite

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