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Surah Al-Anbya, Verse 45

سورة الأنبياء، الآية ٤٥

21:45 Juz 17 Hizb 33 Page 326 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 21:45

قُلْ إِنَّمَآ أُنذِرُكُم بِٱلْوَحْىِ وَلَا يَسْمَعُ ٱلصُّمُّ ٱلدُّعَآءَ إِذَا مَا يُنذَرُونَ ۝٤٥

Transliteration

qul innamā undhirukum bil-waḥyi walā yasmaʿu l-ṣumu l-duʿāa idhā mā yundharūna

Translation

Say, "I only warn you by revelation." But the deaf do not hear the call when they are warned.

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Verse 45 of Surah Al-Anbya (21:45), a Meccan surah, is in juz 17, on page 326 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 74 reciters.

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Tafsir of verse 45

Al-Mukhtasar

Say, O Messenger: “O people! I only warn you of the punishment of Allah through divine revelation that my Lord reveals to me.” When those deaf to the truth are warned of the punishment of Allah, they do not listen to it with a heeding ear.

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Other translations of verse 45

Say, “I only warn you by divine revelation.” But the deaf cannot hear the call when they are warned.

Say (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم): "I warn you only by the revelation (from Allâh and not by the opinion of the religious scholars and others). But the deaf (who follow the religious scholars and others blindly) will not hear the call, (even) when they are warned [i.e. one should follow only the Qur’ân and the Sunnah (legal ways, orders, acts of worship, and the statements of Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم, as the companions of the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم did)]3.

Notes

[3] (V.21:45) See the footnote of (V.3:103).

Say (O Muhammad, unto mankind): I warn you only by the Inspiration. But the deaf hear not the call when they are warned.

Say, "I do but warn you according to revelation": But the deaf will not hear the call, (even) when they are warned!

Say: I warn you only by revelation; and the deaf do not hear the call whenever they are warned.

Say, "Surely I am only warning you by the Revelation." And (yet) they that are deaf do not hear the call (even) when they are warned.

Verse 45 word by word

  1. قُلْ qul Say ق و ل
  2. إِنَّمَآ innamā Only
  3. أُنذِرُكُم undhirukum I warn you ن ذ ر
  4. بِٱلْوَحْىِ bil-waḥyi by the revelation و ح ي
  5. وَلَا walā But not
  6. يَسْمَعُ yasmaʿu hear س م ع
  7. ٱلصُّمُّ l-ṣumu the deaf ص م م
  8. ٱلدُّعَآءَ l-duʿāa the call د ع و
  9. إِذَا idhā when
  10. مَا mā when
  11. يُنذَرُونَ yundharūna they are warned ن ذ ر

Verses related to verse 45

Cited by Ibn Kathir in his explanation of this verse

  • Al-Ahqaf 46:27

    وَلَقَدْ أَهْلَكْنَا مَا حَوْلَكُم مِّنَ ٱلْقُرَىٰ وَصَرَّفْنَا ٱلْـَٔايَٰتِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَرْجِعُونَ

    And We have already destroyed what surrounds you of [those] cities, and We have diversified the signs [or verses] that perhaps they might return [from disbelief].

  • Al-Kahf 18:49

    وَوُضِعَ ٱلْكِتَٰبُ فَتَرَى ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ مُشْفِقِينَ مِمَّا فِيهِ وَيَقُولُونَ يَٰوَيْلَتَنَا مَالِ هَٰذَا ٱلْكِتَٰبِ لَا يُغَادِرُ صَغِيرَةً وَلَا كَبِيرَةً إِلَّآ أَحْصَىٰهَا وَوَجَدُوا۟ مَا عَمِلُوا۟ حَاضِرًا وَلَا يَظْلِمُ رَبُّكَ أَحَدًا

    And the record [of deeds] will be placed [open], and you will see the criminals fearful of that within it, and they will say, "Oh, woe to us! What is this book that leaves nothing small or great except that it has enumerated it?" And they will find what they did present [before them]. And your Lord does injustice to no one.

  • An-Nisa 4:40

    إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يَظْلِمُ مِثْقَالَ ذَرَّةٍ وَإِن تَكُ حَسَنَةً يُضَٰعِفْهَا وَيُؤْتِ مِن لَّدُنْهُ أَجْرًا عَظِيمًا

    Indeed, Allāh does not do injustice, [even] as much as an atom's weight; while if there is a good deed, He multiplies it and gives from Himself a great reward.

  • Luqman 31:16

    يَٰبُنَىَّ إِنَّهَآ إِن تَكُ مِثْقَالَ حَبَّةٍ مِّنْ خَرْدَلٍ فَتَكُن فِى صَخْرَةٍ أَوْ فِى ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ أَوْ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ يَأْتِ بِهَا ٱللَّهُ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَطِيفٌ خَبِيرٌ

    [And Luqmān said], "O my son, indeed if it [i.e., a wrong] should be the weight of a mustard seed and should be within a rock or [anywhere] in the heavens or in the earth, Allāh will bring it forth. Indeed, Allāh is Subtle and Aware.

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