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Surah Taha, Ayah 134 (20:134)

طه

وَلَوْ أَنَّآ أَهْلَكْنَٰهُم بِعَذَابٍ مِّن قَبْلِهِۦ لَقَالُوا۟ رَبَّنَا لَوْلَآ أَرْسَلْتَ إِلَيْنَا …

Quran 20:134 is ayah 134 of Surah Taha (“Ta-Ha”), a Meccan surah of 135 ayahs. It is in Juz 16, on page 321 of the Madani Mushaf.

20:134
وَلَوْأَنَّآأَهْلَكْنَٰهُمبِعَذَابٍمِّنقَبْلِهِۦلَقَالُوا۟رَبَّنَالَوْلَآأَرْسَلْتَإِلَيْنَارَسُولًافَنَتَّبِعَءَايَٰتِكَمِنقَبْلِأَننَّذِلَّوَنَخْزَىٰ١٣٤
walaw annā ahlaknāhum biʿadhābin min qablihi laqālū rabbanā lawlā arsalta ilaynā rasūlan fanattabiʿa āyātika min qabli an nadhilla wanakhzā

And if We had destroyed them with a punishment before him, they would have said, "Our Lord, why did You not send to us a messenger so we could have followed Your verses [i.e., teachings] before we were humiliated and disgraced?"(134)

Word by word

  1. وَلَوْwalawAnd if
  2. أَنَّآannāWe
  3. أَهْلَكْنَٰهُمahlaknāhum(had) destroyed them
  4. بِعَذَابٍbiʿadhābinwith a punishment
  5. مِّنminbefore him
  6. قَبْلِهِۦqablihibefore him
  7. لَقَالُوا۟laqālūsurely they (would) have said
  8. رَبَّنَاrabbanāOur Lord
  9. لَوْلَآlawlāwhy not
  10. أَرْسَلْتَarsaltaYou sent
  11. إِلَيْنَاilaynāto us
  12. رَسُولًاrasūlana Messenger
  13. فَنَتَّبِعَfanattabiʿaso we (could) have followed
  14. ءَايَٰتِكَāyātikaYour signs
  15. مِنminbefore
  16. قَبْلِqablibefore
  17. أَنan[that]
  18. نَّذِلَّnadhillawe were humiliated
  19. وَنَخْزَىٰwanakhzāand disgraced

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