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Surah Al-Hijr, Verse 8

سورة الحجر، الآية ٨

15:8 Juz 14 Hizb 27 Page 262 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 15:8

مَا نُنَزِّلُ ٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةَ إِلَّا بِٱلْحَقِّ وَمَا كَانُوٓا۟ إِذًا مُّنظَرِينَ ۝٨

Transliteration

mā nunazzilu l-malāikata illā bil-ḥaqi wamā kānū idhan munẓarīna

Translation

We do not send down the angels except with truth;671 and they [i.e., the disbelievers] would not then be reprieved.

Notes

[671] i.e., with a message or, as the conclusion of the verse suggests, to carry out a promised punishment.

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Verse 8 of Surah Al-Hijr (15:8), a Meccan surah, is in juz 14, on page 262 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 8

Al-Mukhtasar

In response to their idea of having the angels brought forth, Allah said: I will not send the angels except when it becomes wise to do so, that is, when your time comes to be penalised. And if the angels were sent and they did not believe, then their punishment would become imminent.

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Other translations of verse 8

We do not send down the angels except for a just cause, and then [the disbelievers] would be granted no respite4.

Notes

[4] i.e., then they would be destroyed on the spot.

We send not the angels down except with the truth (i.e. for torment), and in that case, they (the disbelievers) would have no respite!

We send not down the angels save with the Fact, and in that case (the disbelievers) would not be tolerated.

We send not the angels down except for just cause: if they came (to the ungodly), behold! no respite would they have!

We do not send the angels but with truth, and then they would not be respited.

In no way do We send down the Angels except with the Truth; and lo, in no way would they (The disbelievers) be respited.

Verse 8 word by word

  1. مَا mā Not
  2. نُنَزِّلُ nunazzilu We send down ن ز ل
  3. ٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةَ l-malāikata the Angels م ل ك
  4. إِلَّا illā except
  5. بِٱلْحَقِّ bil-ḥaqi with the truth ح ق ق
  6. وَمَا wamā and not
  7. كَانُوٓا۟ kānū they would be ك و ن
  8. إِذًا idhan then
  9. مُّنظَرِينَ munẓarīna given respite ن ظ ر

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