Jonah
10. Yūnus
يونس
Yūnus (Jonah)
يُونُس
10:16
قُل
لَّوْ
شَاءَ
اللَّهُ
مَا
تَلَوْتُهُ
عَلَيْكُمْ
وَلَا
أَدْرَاكُم
بِهِ
فَقَدْ
لَبِثْتُ
فِيكُمْ
عُمُرًا
مِّن
قَبْلِهِ
أَفَلَا
تَعْقِلُونَ
qul law shāʾa llāhu mā talawtuhū ʿalaykum wa-lā ʾadrākum bihī fa-qad labithtu fīkum ʿumuran min qablihī ʾa-fa-lā taʿqilūna
(Muhammad), tell them, "Had God wanted I would not have recited it (the Book) to you nor would I have told you anything about it. I lived among you for a whole life-time before it was revealed. Will you then not understand?