# 28. Surah Al-Qasas, Verse 46 - **Surah:** 28. Surah Al-Qasas (The Stories) — سورة القصص - **Verse:** 46 / 88 · **Juz:** 20 · **Mushaf page:** 390 - **Source:** https://quran.so/surah-al-qasas/verse-46 ## Arabic وَمَا كُنْتَ بِجَانِبِ الطُّورِ اِذْ نَادَيْنَا وَلٰكِنْ رَحْمَةً مِنْ رَبِّكَ لِتُنْذِرَ قَوْماً مَٓا اَتٰيهُمْ مِنْ نَذ۪يرٍ مِنْ قَبْلِكَ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَذَكَّرُونَ ## Transcription Wama kunta bijanibi attooriith nadayna walakin rahmatanmin rabbika litunthira qawman ma atahum minnatheerin min qablika laAAallahum yatathakkaroon ## Translations ### Aisha Bewley Nor were you on the side of the Mount when We called, yet it is a mercy from your Lord so that you can warn a people to whom no warner came before, so that hopefully they will pay heed. ### Progressive Muslims Nor were you on the slope of the mount when We called. But it is a mercy from your Lord, so that you may warn a people who received no warner before you, perhaps they may take heed. ### Shabbir Ahmed And neither were you present on the slope of Mount Sinai when We called Moses. But you are sent as an act of your Lord's Grace, to warn people to whom no Warner has come before you, so that they may reflect. ((32:3), (36:6). Prophet Ishmael, the ancestor of Arabs, cannot be considered a Prophet to them since Children of Ishmael multiplied and inhabited Arabia as the Arab community long after his death. See (2:125) and introduction to Surah 11 Hud). ### Sam Gerrans — The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation And thou wast not on the side of the mount when We called; but as mercy from thy Lord[...], that thou warn a people to whom no warner came before thee, that they might take heed. ### The Monotheist Group — The Quran: A Monotheist Translation And nor were you on the side of the mount when We called. But it is a mercy from your Lord, so that you may warn a people who received no warner before you, perhaps they may take heed. ### Rashad Khalifa — The Final Testament Nor were you on the slope of Mount Sinai when we called (Moses). But it is mercy from your Lord, (towards the people,) in order to warn people who received no warner before you, that they may take heed. ### Mohamed Ahmed - Samira You were not present on the side of Mount Sinai when We called. And all this (knowledge that you are given) is by the grace of your Lord so that you may warn a people to whom no admonisher had come before you, that they may take heed; ### Sahih International — (Umm Muhammad, Mary Kennedy, Amatullah Bantley) And you were not at the side of the mount when We called [Moses] but [were sent] as a mercy from your Lord to warn a people to whom no warner had come before you that they might be reminded. ### Muhammad Asad And neither wert thou present on the slope of Mount Sinai when We called out [to Moses]: but [thou, too, art sent] as an act of thy Sustainer’s grace, to warn people to whom no warner has come before thee, so that they might bethink themselves [of Us]; ### Marmaduke Pickthall And thou was not beside the Mount when We did call; but (the knowledge of it is) a mercy from thy Lord that thou mayst warn a folk unto whom no warner came before thee, that haply they may give heed. ### Abul A'la Maududi — Tafhim commentary Nor were you on the side of the Mount (Sinai) when We called out to Moses (in the first instance). But it is out of Mercy from your Lord (that you are being informed of all this)[1] so that you may warn a people to whom no warner came before you.[2] Maybe they will take heed. _Footnotes_ - [1] These things have been presented as a proof of the Prophet’s (peace be upon him) prophethood. At the time when these were cued, all the chiefs of Makkah and the common disbelievers were bent upon somehow proving him as a non prophet, and, God forbid, a false claimant to prophethood. To help and assist them in their campaign, there were the Jewish scholars and the Christian monks also, who were living in the habitations of the Hijaz. Besides, the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) had not appeared all of a sudden from somewhere and started reciting the Quran to the people, but he was a resident of the same city of Makkah, and no aspect of his life was hidden from the people of his city and clan. That is why when these three things were presented like an open challenge as a proof of his prophethood, not a single person from Makkah and Hijaz and the entire land of Arabia could stand up to say the absurd thing which the modern orientalists say, although those people were no less efficient in fabricating falsehood than these so called scholars. But how could they utter an unprofitable lie that could not survive for a single moment? How could they say, "O Muhammad, you have attained this information from such and such a Jewish scholar and a Christian monk?" For, this purpose, they could not mention any name in the entire land. For whatever name they mentioned, it would become manifest there and then that the Prophet (peace be upon him) had not obtained any information from him. How could they say, “O Muhammad, you possess a full-fledged library containing all sorts of books on ancient history and sciences and literature, from which you take help to prepare all your discourses?” For not to speak of a library, no one could seize even a scrap of paper from his house containing such information. Everyone in Makkah knew that Muhammad (peace be upon him) was unlettered and no one could also say that he had had some translators at his disposal, who supplied him with translations from Hebrew and Assyrian and Greek books. Then, none of them could be so shameless as to dare claim that he had obtained this information during the trade journeys to Syria and Palestine, for he had not performed those journeys alone, but had traveled in company with trade caravans of Makkah. Had somebody made any such assertion, hundreds of living witnesses would have refuted this and testified that he had received no such instruction from anyone there. Then, within two years of the Prophet’s (peace be upon him) death, war started between the Romans and the Muslims. If he had any sort of discussion anywhere in Syria and Palestine with any Christian monk or Jewish rabbi, the Roman Empire would not have hesitated to launch a propaganda campaign, saying, that Muhammad (peace be upon him), God forbid, had learned everything from them and gone back to Makkah and proclaimed himself a Prophet. In short, at that time when the challenge of the Quran was the knell of the disbelieving Quraish and the polytheists and the need of those people to refute it was far greater then of the modern orientalists, no one could discover any material by which he could prove that the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) had some other means than revelation for obtaining that information. - [2] One should also know that the Quran has not given this challenge only here, but also at several other places in connection with different stories. After narrating the story of the Prophet Zacharias (peace be upon him) and Mary, it was said: "These are of the “unseen" things We are revealing to you: you were not present there when the priests of the Temple were casting lots by throwing their quills to decide which of them should be the guardian of Mary: nor were you there with them when they were arguing about it.” (Surah Aal-Imran: Ayat 44). At the end of the Prophet Joseph’s (peace be upon him) story it was said: “This story which We are revealing to you is of those things that were not known to you: for you were not with the brothers (of Joseph), when they had conspired together a plot against Joseph.” (Surah Yusuf: Ayat 102). Similarly, after relating the full story of the Prophet Noah (peace be upon him), it was said: “These are some of the tidings of the unseen which We are revealing to you. You did not know these before nor did your people.” (Surah Hud: Ayat 49). That, this thing has been reiterated several times, shows that this was one of the main arguments that the Quran gave to prove its being Allah’s Word and the Prophet (peace be upon him) being a Messenger of Allah. For there was no perceptible means of knowledge available to the Prophet (peace be upon him) who was an unlettered person, apart from revelation, through which he could narrate so accurately the events that had happened hundreds and thousands of years in the past. And this was one of the important reasons why the contemporaries of the prophet (peace be upon him) were coming to believe, in larger and still larger numbers, that he was really a Prophet of Allah and has received Allah’s revelations. Now one can easily imagine how important it must have been for the opponents of the Islamic movement at that time to meet this challenge, and what efforts they must have made to collect arguments and proofs against it. One can also see that if, God forbid, there was the slightest weakness in this challenge, it would not have been at all difficult for the contemporary people to provide evidence for its refutation. ### Abdel Khalek Himmat — Al- Muntakhab Nor were you at the side of the Mount when We called to Mussa, but it is the mercy of Allah extended to you to serve as a spectacle and a warning to a people who never received a spectacle and a warning before you, that they may hopefully ponder. ### Bijan Moeinian You were also not present in that side of the Mount Sinai that I called Moses [for the first time. ] All these revealed to you is a part of My mercy to these people to whom a guide is not sent for the longest time. May they learn [priceless] lessons from it. ### Al-Hilali & Khan And you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) were not at the side of the Tûr (Mount) when We did call: [it is said that Allâh called the followers of Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم, and they answered His Call, or that Allâh called Mûsâ (Moses)]. But (you are sent) as a mercy from your Lord, to give warning to a people to whom no warner had come before you: in order that they may remember or receive admonition. [Tafsir At-Tabarî]. ### Abdullah Yusuf Ali Nor wast thou at the side of (the Mountain of) Tur when we called (to Moses). Yet (art thou sent) as Mercy from thy Lord, to give warning to a people to whom no warner had come before thee: in order that they may receive admonition. ### Mustafa Khattab — The Clear Quran And you were not at the side of Mount Ṭûr when We called out ˹to Moses˺. But ˹you have been sent˺ as a mercy from your Lord to warn a people to whom no warner has come before you, so perhaps they may be mindful. ### Taqi Usmani And you were not at the side of (the mount) Tūr when We called (Mūsā), but it (your prophet-hood through which you knew all this) is a mercy from your Lord, so that you warn a people to whom no warner has come before you, that they may receive the advice. ### Abdul Haleem nor were you present on the side of Mount Sinai when We called out to Moses. But you too have been sent as an act of grace from your Lord, to give warning to a people to whom no warner has come before, so that they may take heed, ### Arthur John Arberry Thou wast not upon the side of the Mount when We called; but for a mercy from thy Lord, that thou mayest warn a people to whom no warner came before thee, and that haply they may remember. ### E. Henry Palmer Nor wast thou by the side of the mountain when we called; but it is a mercy from thy Lord, that thou mayest warn a people to whom no warner has come before thee; haply they may be mindful! ### Hamid S. Aziz But We raised up other generations, and long were the ages that passed over them; but you were not a dweller among the people of Midian, reciting to them Our signs; but We kept sending our Messengers. ### Mahmoud Ghali And in no way were you beside At- Tûr (i. e., the Mount) as We called out. But it is a mercy from your Lord, that you may warn a people to whom in no way did (any) warner come up even before you, that possibly they would remind themselves. ### George Sale Nor wast thou present on the side of the mount, when We called unto Moses: But thou art sent as a mercy from they Lord; that thou mightest preach unto a people to whom no preacher hath come before thee, that peradventure they may be warned; ### Syed Vickar Ahamed And you were not at the side of (the Mountain of) Túr, when We called (to Musa). Still (O Prophet! You are sent) as a Mercy from your Lord, to give warning to a people (of Arabia) to whom had come no warner before you: In order that they may remember and receive the warning. ### Amatul Rahman Omar And you were not (present) at the foot of the Mount (with Moses) when We called (to you); but all these (revelation) are from the mercy of your Lord, so that you may warn the people to whom no Warner had come (for a long time) before you, that they may attain eminence. ### Ali Quli Qarai And you were not on the side of the Mount when We called out [to Moses], but [We have sent you as] a mercy from your Lord that you may warn a people to whom there did not come any warner before you, so that they may take admonition. ### Ahmed Hulusi — Türkçe Kur'an Çözümü Biz (Musa'ya) hitap ettiğimizde sen Tur tarafında değildin. . . Ne var ki, Rabbinden bir rahmet olarak, senden önce kendilerine uyarıcı gelmemiş bir toplumu uyarman için (bu bilgiler sana vahyoldu). Umulur ki üzerinde düşünürler. ### Ali Bulaç — Kur'an-ı Kerim ve Türkçe Anlamı (Musa'ya) Seslendiğimiz zaman da, sen Tur'un yanında değildin. Ancak Rabbinden bir rahmet olmak üzere senden önce kendilerine bir uyarıcı gelmemiş olan bir kavmi uyarman için (gönderildin). Umulur ki, öğüt alıp düşünürler diye. ### Bayraktar Bayraklı — Yeni Bir Anlayışın Işığında Kur'an Meali Sen, Musa'ya seslendiğimiz zaman Tur'un yanında da değildin. Senden önce kendilerine uyarıcı gelmeyen bir toplumu uyarman için Rabbinden bir rahmet olarak gönderildin; belki düşünürler. ### Diyanet İşleri — Kur'an-ı Kerim Türkçe Meali Yine biz (Musa'ya) seslendiğimiz zaman Tur'un yan tarafında da değildin. Fakat Rabbinden bir rahmet olarak, senden önce kendilerine hiçbir uyarıcı gelmeyen bir kavmi, düşünüp öğüt alsınlar diye uyarman için (o haberleri) sana bildiriyoruz. ### Elmalılı Hamdi Yazır — Kur'an-ı Kerim ve Yüce Meali Hem biz o nidayı yaptığımız vakıt sen Turun canibinde de değildin ve lakin rabbından bir rahmet olarak gönderildin ki senden evvel kendilerine bir nezir gelmemiş olan bir kavmi inzar edesin gerek ki tezekkür edeler ### Elmalılı (sadeleştirilmiş) Yine Biz seslendiğimiz zaman da sen Tur'un yanında değildin; fakat senden önce kendilerine bir uyarıcı gelmemiş olan bir topluluğu uyarasın diye Rabbinden bir rahmet olarak gönderildin; ola ki, düşünüp ibret alırlar. ### Gültekin Onan (Musa'ya) Seslendiğimiz zaman da, sen Tur'un yanında değildin. Ancak rabbinden bir rahmet olmak üzere senden önce kendilerine bir uyarıcı gelmemiş olan bir kavmi uyarman için (gönderildin). Umulur ki, öğüt alıp düşünürler diye. ### Hasan Basri Çantay — Kur'an-ı Hakim ve Meal-i Kerim (Musaya) nida etdiğimiz vakit da sen "Tuur" un yanında değildin. Fakat sen Rabbinden bir rahmet olarak (gönderildin). Taki senden evvel kendilerine inzar edici (bir peygamber) gelmemiş olan bir kavmi sen inzar edesin. Olur ki onlar iyice düşünüb nasıyhat (ını) kabul ederler. ### İbni Kesir Biz seslendiğimiz vakit; sen Tur'un yanında da değildin. Fakat sen, kendinden önce onlara uyarıcı gelmeyen bir kavmi uyarman için, Rabbından bir rahmet olarak gönderildin. Olur ki onlar, düşünürler diye. ### Muhammed Esed — Kur'an Mesajı Evet, Biz (Musa'ya) seslendiğimiz zaman sen Sina Dağı'nın yamacında değildin; fakat (sen de, öteki elçiler gibi,) senden önce kendilerine uyarıcı gelmemiş bir toplumu uyarasın diye Rabbinden bir rahmet aracı olarak (gönderildin) ki böylece belki (geçmişte olup bitenleri) düşünür (de Bizi) anarlar. ### Şaban Piriş — Kur'an-ı Kerim Türkçe Anlamı (Musa'ya) seslendiğimiz zaman Tur'un yakınında da değildin. Fakat bu kendilerine senden önce bir uyarıcı gelmemiş olan bir toplumu belki düşünürler diye uyarman için Rabbinden bir rahmettir. ### Süleyman Ateş — Kur'an-ı Kerim ve Yüce Meali (Musa'ya) ünlediğimiz zaman sen Tur'un yanında değildin. Fakat Rabbinden bir rahmet olarak (orada geçenleri sana bildirdik) ki senden önce kendilerine bir uyarıcı gelmemiş olan toplumu uyarasın; belki düşünüp öğüt alırlar. ### Yaşar Nuri Öztürk — Kur'an-ı Kerim Meali Ve sen, biz seslendiğimizde, Tur tarafında da değildin. Sen, senden önce kendilerine uyarıcı gelmemiş bir toplumu uyarmak için Rabbinden bir rahmetsin. Bu sayede onların düşünüp öğüt almaları umuluyor. ### Mustafa İslamoğlu — Hayat Kitabı Kur’an Yine sen, Biz nida ettiğimizde (Sina) Dağı'nın yamacında da değildin; ve fakat senden önce uyarıcı gelmemiş bir toplumu uyarman için Rabbin tarafından rahmet olarak gönderildin; belki (sorumluluklarını) hatırlarlar. ### Erhan Aktaş (Eski Baskı) — Kerim Kur'an Ve seslendiğimiz zaman, Tur'un yanında da değildin. Fakat senden önce, kendilerine bir uyarıcı gelmemiş olan halkı uyarman için, seni Rabb'inden bir rahmet olarak gönderdik. Umulur ki öğüt alırlar. ### Ali Rıza Safa — Kur'an-ı Kerim Gerçek Seslendiğimiz zaman, sen, dağın yamacında da değildin. Fakat senden önce kendilerine uyarıcı gelmemiş bir toplumu uyarman için, Efendinden bir rahmettir; belki öğüt alırlar diye. ### Süleymaniye Vakfı (Eski Baskı) — Süleymaniye Vakfı Meali Musa'ya seslendiğimiz sırada sen Tur tarafında da değildin. Bunları Rabbinden bir ikram olarak öğrendin ki, senden önce kendilerine uyarıcı gelmemiş olan bir toplumu uyarasın. Belki bilgilerini doğru kullanırlar. ### Mehmet Okuyan — Kur’an Meal-Tefsir Musa'ya seslendiğimiz zaman da sen Tûr'un (Sînâ Dağı'nın) yanında değildin.[1] Düşünüp (gerçeği) hatırlarlar diye senden önce kendilerine uyarıcı gelmemiş bir kavmi uyarman için[2] Rabbinden bir rahmet olarak (bunları sana bildirdik). _Footnotes_ - [1] Benzer mesaj: Kasas 28:44. - [2] Benzer mesajlar: Secde 32:3; Sebe' 34:44. Bu üç ayetin mesajı, Yâsîn 36:6'dakinden farklıdır. Çünkü Yâsîn 36:6'da "ataların uyarılması"ndan söz edilmekteyken, diğer ayetlerde "Hz. Muhammed'in yaşadığı dönemde Mekke'ye peygamber gelmediği"nden söz edilmektedir. ### Erhan Aktaş (10. Baskı) — Kerim Kur'an Ve seslendiğimiz zaman, Tur'un yanında da değildin. Fakat senden önce, kendilerine bir uyarıcı gelmemiş olan halkı uyarman için, seni Rabb'inden bir rahmet olarak gönderdik. Umulur ki öğüt alırlar. ### Erhan Aktaş — Kerim Kur'an Ve seslendiğimiz zaman, Tur'un yanında da değildin. Fakat senden önce, kendilerine bir uyarıcı gelmemiş olan halkı uyarman için, seni Rabb'inden bir rahmet olarak gönderdik. Umulur ki öğüt alırlar. ### Süleymaniye Vakfı — Süleymaniye Vakfı Meali Musa'ya seslendiğimiz sırada Tur'un yanında da değildin[1]. Bunları Rabbinden bir ikram olarak (öğrendin[2]) ki senden önce kendilerine bir uyarıcı gelmemiş olan bir topluluğu uyarasın[3]. Belki doğru bilgileri kullanırlar. _Footnotes_ - [1] [Meryem 19/52,](https://quran.so/19/52) [Kasas 28/29.](https://quran.so/28/29) - [2] [Al-i İmran 3/44,](https://quran.so/3/44) [Hud 11/49,](https://quran.so/11/49) [120,](https://quran.so/11/120) [Yusuf 12/102,](https://quran.so/12/102) [Taha 20/99.](https://quran.so/20/99) - [3] Mekke'ye, Muhammed aleyhisselamdan önce gelen nebi, İsmail aleyhisselamdır. Allah ona kitap indirmiştir ([Bakara 2/136,](https://quran.so/2/136) [Al-i İmran 3/84](https://quran.so/3/84)) ama o kitap Mekkelilere ulaşmadığı ve Muhammed aleyhisselama kadar kendilerine başka bir nebi de gelmediği için onlar, uyarılmamış bir toplum sayılmıştır ([Secde 32/3,](https://quran.so/32/3) [Sebe 34/44,](https://quran.so/34/44) [Yasin 36/5](https://quran.so/36/5)-[6](https://quran.so/36/6)). ## Words | # | word | meaning | root | |---|---|---|---| | 1 | وَمَا — wamā | And not | — | | 2 | كُنتَ — kunta | you were | كون — Kef-Vav-Nun | | 3 | بِجَانِبِ — bijānibi | at (the) side | جنب — Cim-Nun-Be | | 4 | ٱلطُّورِ — l-ṭūri | (of) the Tur | طور — Ta-Vav-Ra | | 5 | إِذْ — idh | when | — | | 6 | نَادَيْنَا — nādaynā | We called | ندو — Nun-Dal-Vav | | 7 | وَلَـٰكِن — walākin | But | — | | 8 | رَّحْمَةًۭ — raḥmatan | (as) a mercy | رحم — Ra-Ha-Mim | | 9 | مِّن — min | from | — | | 10 | رَّبِّكَ — rabbika | your Lord | ربب — Ra-Ba-Ba | | 11 | لِتُنذِرَ — litundhira | so that you warn | نذر — Nun-Zal-Ra | | 12 | قَوْمًۭا — qawman | a people | قوم — Kaf-Vav-Mim | | 13 | مَّآ — mā | not | — | | 14 | أَتَىٰهُم — atāhum | (had) come to them | اتي — Elif-Te-Ye | | 15 | مِّن — min | any | — | | 16 | نَّذِيرٍۢ — nadhīrin | warner | نذر — Nun-Zal-Ra | | 17 | مِّن — min | before you | — | | 18 | قَبْلِكَ — qablika | before you | قبل — Kaf-Be-Lam | | 19 | لَعَلَّهُمْ — laʿallahum | so that they may | — | | 20 | يَتَذَكَّرُونَ — yatadhakkarūna | remember | ذكر — Zal-Kef-Ra | --- Previous: https://quran.so/surah-al-qasas/verse-45.md · Next: https://quran.so/surah-al-qasas/verse-47.md Retrieved: 2026-08-20 Quran.so — https://quran.so — CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 — When quoting, name the translator.