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Al-Mu'minun 24

Ayah 24 of 118 · Meccan

فَقَالَ ٱلۡمَلَؤُاْ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ مِن قَوۡمِهِۦ مَا هَٰذَآ إِلَّا بَشَرٞ مِّثۡلُكُمۡ يُرِيدُ أَن يَتَفَضَّلَ عَلَيۡكُمۡ وَلَوۡ شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ لَأَنزَلَ مَلَٰٓئِكَةٗ مَّا سَمِعۡنَا بِهَٰذَا فِيٓ ءَابَآئِنَا ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ ٢٤

But the eminent among those who disbelieved from his people said, "This is not but a man like yourselves who wishes to take precedence over you; and if Allāh had willed [to send a messenger], He would have sent down angels. We have not heard of this among our forefathers.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

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Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. فَقَالَBut saidfaqāla
  2. ٱلۡمَلَؤُاْthe chiefsl-mala-u
  3. ٱلَّذِينَ(of) those whoalladhīna
  4. كَفَرُواْdisbelievedkafarū
  5. مِنamongmin
  6. قَوۡمِهِۦhis peopleqawmihi
  7. مَاThis is notmā
  8. هَٰذَآThis is nothādhā
  9. إِلَّاbutillā
  10. بَشَرٞa manbasharun
  11. مِّثۡلُكُمۡlike youmith'lukum
  12. يُرِيدُhe wishesyurīdu
  13. أَنtoan
  14. يَتَفَضَّلَassert (his) superiorityyatafaḍḍala
  15. عَلَيۡكُمۡover youʿalaykum
  16. وَلَوۡand ifwalaw
  17. شَآءَAllah had willedshāa
  18. ٱللَّهُAllah had willedl-lahu
  19. لَأَنزَلَsurely He (would have) sent downla-anzala
  20. مَلَٰٓئِكَةٗAngelsmalāikatan
  21. مَّاNotmā
  22. سَمِعۡنَاwe heardsamiʿ'nā
  23. بِهَٰذَاof thisbihādhā
  24. فِيٓfromfī
  25. ءَابَآئِنَاour forefathersābāinā
  26. ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَour forefathersl-awalīna

Tafsir

So the noblemen and leaders from his people who disbelieved in Allah said to their followers and the masses, “This man that claims to be a messenger is only a human like yourselves; he only desires leadership and rule over you. If Allah wished to send a messenger to you He would have done so by sending one from the angels, not from the humans. We have not heard anything like what he is claiming from our predecessors!”

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran