Skip to content
Quran Maqasid

Surah Yunus, verse 16

Each word opens its meaning.

﴿١٦﴾

Tap a word for its meaning and pronunciation, then open its page.

Without diacritics

قل لو شاء الله ما تلوته عليكم ولا ادراكم به فقد لبثت فيكم عمرا من قبله افلا تعقلون

Say: "If God had so willed, I should not have rehearsed it To you, nor would He Have made it known to you. A whole life-time before this Have I tarried amongst you: Will ye not then understand?

A translation is its translator's understanding of the Quran, not the Quran itself. Our method

  • Verse 16 of 109
  • Juz 11
  • Page 210

Word by word

  1. قُلSayqul
  2. لَّوْIflaw
  3. شَآءَ(had) willedshāa
  4. ٱللَّهُAllahl-lahu
  5. مَاnotmā
  6. تَلَوْتُهُۥI (would) have recited ittalawtuhu
  7. عَلَيْكُمْto youʿalaykum
  8. وَلَآand notwalā
  9. أَدْرَىٰكُمHe (would) have made it known to youadrākum
  10. بِهِۦ ۖHe (would) have made it known to youbihi
  11. فَقَدْVerilyfaqad
  12. لَبِثْتُI have stayedlabith'tu
  13. فِيكُمْamong youfīkum
  14. عُمُرًۭاa lifetimeʿumuran
  15. مِّنbefore itmin
  16. قَبْلِهِۦٓ ۚbefore itqablihi
  17. أَفَلَاThen will notafalā
  18. تَعْقِلُونَyou use reasontaʿqilūna

Classical tafsir of this verse (in Arabic)

A tafsir is its author's reading, shown as its author wrote it. Our method

Read it in its surah