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Hud 87

Ayah 87 of 123 · Meccan

قَالُواْ يَٰشُعَيۡبُ أَصَلَوٰتُكَ تَأۡمُرُكَ أَن نَّتۡرُكَ مَا يَعۡبُدُ ءَابَآؤُنَآ أَوۡ أَن نَّفۡعَلَ فِيٓ أَمۡوَٰلِنَا مَا نَشَٰٓؤُاْۖ إِنَّكَ لَأَنتَ ٱلۡحَلِيمُ ٱلرَّشِيدُ ٨٧

They said, "O Shuʿayb, does your prayer [i.e., religion] command you that we should leave what our fathers worship or not do with our wealth what we please? Indeed, you are the forbearing, the discerning!"1

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 This is a sarcastic description implying the opposite.

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Each word's meaning and sound

  1. قَالُواْThey saidqālū
  2. يَٰشُعَيۡبُO Shuaibyāshuʿaybu
  3. أَصَلَوٰتُكَDoes your prayeraṣalatuka
  4. تَأۡمُرُكَcommand youtamuruka
  5. أَنthatan
  6. نَّتۡرُكَwe leavenatruka
  7. مَاwhatmā
  8. يَعۡبُدُworshipyaʿbudu
  9. ءَابَآؤُنَآour forefathersābāunā
  10. أَوۡoraw
  11. أَنthatan
  12. نَّفۡعَلَwe donafʿala
  13. فِيٓconcerningfī
  14. أَمۡوَٰلِنَاour wealthamwālinā
  15. مَاwhatmā
  16. نَشَٰٓؤُاْۖwe willnashāu
  17. إِنَّكَIndeed youinnaka
  18. لَأَنتَsurely youla-anta
  19. ٱلۡحَلِيمُ(are) the forbearingl-ḥalīmu
  20. ٱلرَّشِيدُthe right-mindedl-rashīdu

Tafsir

The people of Shu’ayb said to him: O Shu’ayb, does the prayer that you offer instruct you that we should leave the worship of the idols our fathers used to worship? Does it instruct you that we should leave dealing in our wealth as we wish, and investing it as we wish? You are indeed the sensible and wise person we knew you to be before this invitation. What has happened to you?

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran