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Surah Taa-Haa (20) — Ayah 134

Taa-Haa · Meccan · Juz 16 · Page 321

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وَلَوْ أَنَّآ أَهْلَكْنَـٰهُم بِعَذَابٍ مِّن قَبْلِهِۦ لَقَالُوا۟ رَبَّنَا لَوْلَآ أَرْسَلْتَ إِلَيْنَا رَسُولًا فَنَتَّبِعَ ءَايَـٰتِكَ مِن قَبْلِ أَن نَّذِلَّ وَنَخْزَىٰ ﴿134﴾

Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

And if We had destroyed them with a torment before this (i.e. Messenger Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم and the Qur’ân), they would surely have said: "Our Lord! If only You had sent us a Messenger, we should certainly have followed Your Ayât (proofs, evidence, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.), before we were humiliated and disgraced."

Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning

وَلَوْ walaw And if
أَنَّآ annā We
أَهْلَكْنَـٰهُم ahlaknāhum (had) destroyed them
بِعَذَابٍۢ biʿadhābin with a punishment
مِّن min before him
قَبْلِهِۦ qablihi before him
لَقَالُوا۟ laqālū surely they (would) have said
رَبَّنَا rabbanā Our Lord
لَوْلَآ lawlā why not
أَرْسَلْتَ arsalta You sent
إِلَيْنَا ilaynā to us
رَسُولًۭا rasūlan a Messenger
فَنَتَّبِعَ fanattabiʿa so we (could) have followed
ءَايَـٰتِكَ āyātika Your signs
مِن min before
قَبْلِ qabli before
أَن an [that]
نَّذِلَّ nadhilla we were humiliated
وَنَخْزَىٰ wanakhzā and disgraced

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(Ayah 134){ وَ لَوْ اَنَّاۤ اَهْلَكْنٰهُمْ بِعَذَابٍ … :} In this verse, Allah Almighty has once again mentioned the wisdom behind sending prophets before punishing the disbelievers and granting them respite. The purpose of this is to remove their excuse and to establish proof against them, and this has always been the way of Allah Almighty. See Surah Al-Qasas (59) and Bani Isra'il (15).

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134. 1. The intended meaning is the end-times Prophet, Hazrat Muhammad Rasul Allah ﷺ.

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134. And if We had destroyed them with a punishment before this, they would have surely said, "Our Lord! Why did You not send a messenger to us, so we could have followed Your signs before being humiliated and disgraced [102]?"

[102] That is, this Quran has also been sent down as a proof and to remove the objection of the disbelievers that if a book of guidance from Allah had been revealed to us as it was to the Jews and Christians, we would certainly have been more rightly guided than them. Also, We have sent a Messenger among them so that after disgrace and humiliation, they may not say that if a Messenger had come to us, we would certainly have obeyed him, carried out Allah’s commands, and would not have had to face these humiliations.
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