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Al-Ahqaf 11

Ayah 11 of 35 · Meccan

وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ لِلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ لَوۡ كَانَ خَيۡرٗا مَّا سَبَقُونَآ إِلَيۡهِۚ وَإِذۡ لَمۡ يَهۡتَدُواْ بِهِۦ فَسَيَقُولُونَ هَٰذَآ إِفۡكٞ قَدِيمٞ ١١

And those who disbelieve say of those who believe, "If it had [truly] been good, they would not have preceded us to it." And when they are not guided by it, they will say, "This is an ancient falsehood."

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَقَالَAnd saywaqāla
  2. ٱلَّذِينَthose whoalladhīna
  3. كَفَرُواْdisbelievekafarū
  4. لِلَّذِينَof those wholilladhīna
  5. ءَامَنُواْbelieveāmanū
  6. لَوۡIflaw
  7. كَانَit had beenkāna
  8. خَيۡرٗاgoodkhayran
  9. مَّاnotmā
  10. سَبَقُونَآthey (would) have preceded ussabaqūnā
  11. إِلَيۡهِۚto itilayhi
  12. وَإِذۡAnd whenwa-idh
  13. لَمۡnotlam
  14. يَهۡتَدُواْthey (are) guidedyahtadū
  15. بِهِۦby itbihi
  16. فَسَيَقُولُونَthey sayfasayaqūlūna
  17. هَٰذَآThishādhā
  18. إِفۡكٞ(is) a lieif'kun
  19. قَدِيمٞancientqadīmun

Tafsir

And those who denied the Qur’ān and what their Messenger brought to them say: “If what Muhammad brought was true and guides towards good, these paupers, servants and weak people would not have preceded us towards it”. And because they are not guided to what their Messenger brought them, they will say: “This which he has brought us is an old lie, and we do not follow lies”.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran