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Adh-Dhariyat 53

Ayah 53 of 60 · Meccan

أَتَوَاصَوۡاْ بِهِۦۚ بَلۡ هُمۡ قَوۡمٞ طَاغُونَ ٥٣

Did they suggest it to them?1 Rather, they [themselves] are a transgressing people.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 i.e., Did the former disbelievers pass on these words to the Makkans so that they repeat the same expressions?

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. أَتَوَاصَوۡاْHave they transmitted it to thematawāṣaw
  2. بِهِۦۚHave they transmitted it to thembihi
  3. بَلۡNaybal
  4. هُمۡtheyhum
  5. قَوۡمٞ(are) a peopleqawmun
  6. طَاغُونَtransgressingṭāghūna

Tafsir

Did the predecessors amongst the disbelievers and the latter amongst them bequest one another to deny the messengers? No, but rather their transgression has united them on this.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran