قَالُوٓاْ أَجِئۡتَنَا لِتَأۡفِكَنَا عَنۡ ءَالِهَتِنَا فَأۡتِنَا بِمَا تَعِدُنَآ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلصَّٰدِقِينَ ٢٢
They said, "Have you come to delude us away from our gods? Then bring us what you promise us, if you should be of the truthful."
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قَالُوٓاْ They said qālū أَجِئۡتَنَا Have you come to us aji'tanā لِتَأۡفِكَنَا to turn us away litafikanā عَنۡ from ʿan ءَالِهَتِنَا our gods ālihatinā فَأۡتِنَا Then bring us fatinā بِمَا what bimā تَعِدُنَآ you threaten us taʿidunā إِن if in كُنتَ you are kunta مِنَ of mina ٱلصَّٰدِقِينَ the truthful l-ṣādiqīna Tafsir His people said to him: “Have you come to us to turn us away from worshipping our gods? That will never happen for you, so bring us the punishment you promise us if you are true in what you claim”.
Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran
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