ترجمهٔ معانی آیه 16 سوره یونس - ترجمه‌ى انگلیسی ـ عبدالله حسن یعقوب - دایرة المعارف قرآن کریم

آیه: 16

قُل لَّوۡ شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ مَا تَلَوۡتُهُۥ عَلَيۡكُمۡ وَلَآ أَدۡرَىٰكُم بِهِۦۖ فَقَدۡ لَبِثۡتُ فِيكُمۡ عُمُرٗا مِّن قَبۡلِهِۦٓۚ أَفَلَا تَعۡقِلُونَ

16. Say (Muhammad), "If Allah had so willed I would not have recited it to you, nor would He have made it known to you. I have stayed a lifetime among you before it6. Do you not then understand?

6. I.e., forty years before receiving any revelation.