سورة المؤمنون، الآية ١١٤
قَٰلَ إِن لَّبِثْتُمْ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا لَّوْ أَنَّكُمْ كُنتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ ١١٤
qāla in labith'tum illā qalīlan law annakum kuntum taʿlamūna
He will say, "You stayed not but a little - if only you had known.
Verse 114 of Surah Al-Mu’minun (23:114), a Meccan surah, is in juz 18, on page 349 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 73 reciters.
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He will say: “You only stayed in the world for a short period, in which it was easy to persevere upon obedience, if only you knew the length of your stay”.
Allah will say, “You only stayed for a while, if only you had known50.
[50] That the life of this world was transitory and was a test, but you did not realize it.
He (Allâh) will say: "You stayed not but a little, if you had only known!
He will say: Ye tarried but a little if ye only knew.
He will say: "Ye stayed not but a little,- if ye had only known!
He will say: You did tarry but a little-- had you but known (it):
He will say, "You have decidedly lingered (nothing) except a little, if (only) you knew.
They share a sequence of words with this verse: useful for telling them apart when memorising.
يَوْمَ يَدْعُوكُمْ فَتَسْتَجِيبُونَ بِحَمْدِهِۦ وَتَظُنُّونَ إِن لَّبِثْتُمْ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا
On the Day He will call you and you will respond with praise of Him and think that you had not remained [in the world] except for a little."
