فَقَالُوٓاْ أَنُؤۡمِنُ لِبَشَرَيۡنِ مِثۡلِنَا وَقَوۡمُهُمَا لَنَا عَٰبِدُونَ ٤٧
They said, "Should we believe two men like ourselves while their people are for us in servitude?"
Translation: Saheeh International (English)
Word by word
Each word's meaning and sound
- فَقَالُوٓاْThen they saidfaqālū
- أَنُؤۡمِنُShall we believeanu'minu
- لِبَشَرَيۡنِ(in) two menlibasharayni
- مِثۡلِنَاlike ourselvesmith'linā
- وَقَوۡمُهُمَاwhile their peoplewaqawmuhumā
- لَنَاfor uslanā
- عَٰبِدُونَ(are) slavesʿābidūna
Tafsir
So they said, “Should we believe two humans like us, who have no superiority over us and their tribe (the Israelites) are submissive and obedient to us?”
Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran