Surah 27 · verse 72

An-Naml 27:72

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قُلْ عَسَىٰ أَن يَكُونَ رَدِفَ لَكُم بَعْضُ الَّذِي تَسْتَعْجِلُونَ

qul 'asa an yakun radifa lakum ba'd alladhi tasta'jilun

Say, "Perhaps it is close behind you - some of that for which you are impatient.

Saheeh International translation

Context in the surah

Verse 69

قُلْ سِيرُوا فِي الْأَرْضِ فَانظُرُوا كَيْفَ كَانَ عَاقِبَةُ الْمُجْرِمِينَ

Say, [O Muhammad], "Travel through the land and observe how was the end of the criminals."

Verse 70

وَلَا تَحْزَنْ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا تَكُن فِي ضَيْقٍ مِّمَّا يَمْكُرُونَ

And grieve not over them or be in distress from what they conspire.

Verse 71

وَيَقُولُونَ مَتَىٰ هَـٰذَا الْوَعْدُ إِن كُنتُمْ صَادِقِينَ

And they say, "When is [the fulfillment of] this promise, if you should be truthful?"

Verse 72

قُلْ عَسَىٰ أَن يَكُونَ رَدِفَ لَكُم بَعْضُ الَّذِي تَسْتَعْجِلُونَ

Say, "Perhaps it is close behind you - some of that for which you are impatient.

Verse 73

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَذُو فَضْلٍ عَلَى النَّاسِ وَلَـٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَهُمْ لَا يَشْكُرُونَ

And indeed, your Lord is full of bounty for the people, but most of them do not show gratitude."

Verse 74

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَيَعْلَمُ مَا تُكِنُّ صُدُورُهُمْ وَمَا يُعْلِنُونَ

And indeed, your Lord knows what their breasts conceal and what they declare.

Verse 75

وَمَا مِنْ غَائِبَةٍ فِي السَّمَاءِ وَالْأَرْضِ إِلَّا فِي كِتَابٍ مُّبِينٍ

And there is nothing concealed within the heaven and the earth except that it is in a clear Register.