أَمۡ يَقُولُونَ شَاعِرٞ نَّتَرَبَّصُ بِهِۦ رَيۡبَ ٱلۡمَنُونِ ٣٠
Or do they say [of you], "A poet for whom we await a misfortune of time"?1
Translation: Saheeh International (English)
1 i.e., some accident or inevitable death.
Word by word
Each word's meaning and sound
- أَمۡOram
- يَقُولُونَ(do) they sayyaqūlūna
- شَاعِرٞA poetshāʿirun
- نَّتَرَبَّصُwe waitnatarabbaṣu
- بِهِۦfor himbihi
- رَيۡبَa misfortune of timerayba
- ٱلۡمَنُونِa misfortune of timel-manūni
Tafsir
Do these idolaters say: “Muhammad is not a messenger, but he is a poet whom we await death to seize so we can be relieved of him”?
Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran