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Hud 91

Ayah 91 of 123 · Meccan

قَالُواْ يَٰشُعَيۡبُ مَا نَفۡقَهُ كَثِيرٗا مِّمَّا تَقُولُ وَإِنَّا لَنَرَىٰكَ فِينَا ضَعِيفٗاۖ وَلَوۡلَا رَهۡطُكَ لَرَجَمۡنَٰكَۖ وَمَآ أَنتَ عَلَيۡنَا بِعَزِيزٖ ٩١

They said, "O Shuʿayb, we do not understand much of what you say, and indeed, we consider you among us as weak. And if not for your family, we would have stoned you [to death]; and you are not to us one respected."

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. قَالُواْThey saidqālū
  2. يَٰشُعَيۡبُO Shuaibyāshuʿaybu
  3. مَاNotmā
  4. نَفۡقَهُwe understandnafqahu
  5. كَثِيرٗاmuchkathīran
  6. مِّمَّاof whatmimmā
  7. تَقُولُyou saytaqūlu
  8. وَإِنَّاand indeed, wewa-innā
  9. لَنَرَىٰكَsurely [we] see youlanarāka
  10. فِينَاamong usfīnā
  11. ضَعِيفٗاۖweakḍaʿīfan
  12. وَلَوۡلَاAnd if notwalawlā
  13. رَهۡطُكَfor your familyrahṭuka
  14. لَرَجَمۡنَٰكَۖsurely we would have stoned yoularajamnāka
  15. وَمَآand you are notwamā
  16. أَنتَand you are notanta
  17. عَلَيۡنَاagainst usʿalaynā
  18. بِعَزِيزٖmightybiʿazīzin

Tafsir

The people of Shu’ayb said to him: O Shu’ayb, we do not understand much of what you have brought. We regard you to be weak amongst us, and you are not one of the senior leaders. If it were not that your family follows our religious beliefs, we would have killed you by stoning. To us, you are not a person of honour such that we would be afraid of killing you. The only reason we did not kill you is out of respect for your family.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran