قَالُوٓاْ أَوَلَمۡ نَنۡهَكَ عَنِ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ٧٠
They said, "Have we not forbidden you from [protecting] people?"
Translation: Saheeh International (English)
Word by word
Each word's meaning and sound
- قَالُوٓاْThey saidqālū
- أَوَلَمۡDid notawalam
- نَنۡهَكَwe forbid younanhaka
- عَنِfromʿani
- ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَthe worldl-ʿālamīna
Tafsir
His people said to him: Did we not forbid you from hosting anyone? One who provides a warning has in effect excused himself for taking someone to account for not abiding by it.
Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran