Al-Qur'an Surah Al-Qalam Verse 49
Al-Qalam [68]: 49 ~ English Qur'an Word By Word and Multi Tafseer
لَوْلَآ اَنْ تَدَارَكَهٗ نِعْمَةٌ مِّنْ رَّبِّهٖ لَنُبِذَ بِالْعَرَاۤءِ وَهُوَ مَذْمُوْمٌ (القلم : ٦٨)
- lawlā
- لَّوْلَآ
- If not
- an
- أَن
- that
- tadārakahu
- تَدَٰرَكَهُۥ
- overtook him
- niʿ'matun
- نِعْمَةٌ
- a Favor
- min
- مِّن
- from
- rabbihi
- رَّبِّهِۦ
- his Lord
- lanubidha
- لَنُبِذَ
- surely he would have been thrown
- bil-ʿarāi
- بِٱلْعَرَآءِ
- onto (the) naked shore
- wahuwa
- وَهُوَ
- while he
- madhmūmun
- مَذْمُومٌ
- (was) blamed
Transliteration:
Law laaa an tadaara kahoo ni'matum mir rabbihee lanubiza bil'araaa'i wa huwa mazmoom(QS. al-Q̈alam:49)
English / Sahih Translation:
If not that a favor [i.e., mercy] from his Lord overtook him, he would have been thrown onto the naked shore while he was censured. (QS. Al-Qalam, ayah 49)
Mufti Taqi Usmani
Had not a favour from His Lord come to his help, he would have been cast in the wilderness in a reproachable state.
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
Had he not been shown grace by his Lord, he would have certainly been cast onto the open ˹shore˺, still blameworthy.
Ruwwad Translation Center
Had it not been for the grace that he received from his Lord, he would have surely been thrown at the barren shore, blameworthy.
A. J. Arberry
Had there not overtaken him a blessing from his Lord he would have been cast upon the wilderness, being condemned.
Abdul Haleem
if his Lord’s grace had not reached him, he would have been left, abandoned and blameworthy, on the barren shore,
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
Had not grace from his Lord reached him, he had surely been cast into the wilderness in a plight.
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
Had not Grace from his Lord reached him, he would indeed have been cast off on the naked shore, in disgrace.
Abul Ala Maududi
had his Lord not bestowed His favour upon him, he would have been cast upon that barren shore (and would have remained there) in disgrace.
Ahmed Ali
Had it not been for a favour from his Lord he would have been cast blame-worthy on a barren plain.
Ahmed Raza Khan
Were it not for his Lord’s favour that reached him, he would have surely been cast onto the desolate land, reproached.
Ali Quli Qarai
Had it not been for a blessing that came to his rescue from his Lord, he would surely have been cast on the bare shore, being blameworthy.
Ali Ünal
If there had not reached him grace from his Lord (Who accepted his repentance), he would indeed have been cast forth on the desert shore, being reproached.
Amatul Rahman Omar
Had not a gracious favour from his Lord reached him (and) saved him he would surely have been cast off on a barren tract of land while he was in this miserable plight.
English Literal
Had it not been for a blessing/goodness from his Lord, (that) caught up (to)/reached him , he would have been discarded/cast off at the open/space, and he is blamed/defamed .
Faridul Haque
Were it not for his Lord’s favour that reached him, he would have surely been cast onto the desolate land, reproached.
Hamid S. Aziz
Were it not that favour from his Lord had reached him, he would certainly have been cast down upon the naked shore while he was blameworthy.
Hilali & Khan
Had not a Grace from his Lord reached him, he would indeed have been (left in the stomach of the fish, but We forgave him), so he was cast off on the naked shore, while he was to be blamed.
Maulana Mohammad Ali
And those who disbelieve would almost smite thee with their eyes when they hear the Reminder, and they say: Surely he is mad!
Mohammad Habib Shakir
Were it not that favor from his Lord had overtaken him, he would certainly have been cast down upon the naked Found while he was blamed.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall
Had it not been that favour from his Lord had reached him he surely had been cast into the wilderness while he was reprobate.
Muhammad Sarwar
and who cried (for help) to his Lord, while imprisoned and helpless inside the fish. Had it not been for a favor from his Lord, he would have been left out in the open, deserving blame for his shortcomings.
Qaribullah & Darwish
Had the favor of his Lord not come upon him, he would have been blamed, cast upon the shore.
Safi-ur-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri
Had not a grace from his Lord reached him, he would indeed have been (left in the stomach of the fish, but We forgave him), so he was cast off on the naked shore, while he was to be blamed.
Wahiduddin Khan
Had his Lord's grace not been bestowed upon him, he would have been cast away in disgrace upon that desolate shore.
Talal Itani
Were it not for his Lord’s favor that reached him, he would have been thrown into the wilderness, fully despised.
Tafsir jalalayn
Had it not been for a grace, a mercy, from his Lord that reached him, he would have surely been cast, out of the belly of the whale, onto a wilderness, a desolate land, while he was blameworthy -- but he was shown mercy and was therefore cast out blameless.
Tafseer Ibn Kathir
Had not a grace from his Lord reached him, he would indeed have been (left in the stomach of the fish, but We forgave him), so he was cast off on the naked shore, while he was to be blamed.
Then Allah goes on to say,
فَاجْتَبَاهُ رَبُّهُ فَجَعَلَهُ مِنَ الصَّالِحِينَ