إِنَّكُمۡ لَفِي قَوۡلٖ مُّخۡتَلِفٖ ٨
Indeed, you are in differing speech.1
Translation: Saheeh International (English)
1 About Prophet Muḥammad (ﷺ) and the Qur’ān.
Word by word
Each word's meaning and sound
- إِنَّكُمۡIndeed, youinnakum
- لَفِي(are) surely inlafī
- قَوۡلٖa speechqawlin
- مُّخۡتَلِفٖdifferingmukh'talifin
Tafsir
O people of Makkah, you are in a contradicting and conflicting speech. Sometimes you say: The Qur’ān is magic, at times you say poetry. And you say: Muhammad is a magician at times, and sometimes that he is a poet.
Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran