سُوْرَةُ طٰهٰ
Surah Taa-Haa (20) — Ayah 134
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
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan — Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan is a well-known Quran commentary by Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar from Pakistan. This tafsir explains the meanings of the Quran in accordance with the methodology of the Salaf (early righteous generations), relying on authentic sources and straightforward language. Due to its reliability and adherence to sound Islamic scholarship, the Saudi government publishes and distributes this tafsir among the Hujjaj (pilgrims) visiting the Haramain. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.
134. 1. The intended meaning is the end-times Prophet, Hazrat Muhammad Rasul Allah ﷺ.
