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At-Tur 32

Ayah 32 of 49 · Meccan

أَمۡ تَأۡمُرُهُمۡ أَحۡلَٰمُهُم بِهَٰذَآۚ أَمۡ هُمۡ قَوۡمٞ طَاغُونَ ٣٢

Or do their minds1 command them to [say] this, or are they a transgressing people?

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 In this expression is also a subtle allusion to the leaders of the Quraysh, who considered themselves to be great minds.

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. أَمۡOram
  2. تَأۡمُرُهُمۡcommand themtamuruhum
  3. أَحۡلَٰمُهُمtheir mindsaḥlāmuhum
  4. بِهَٰذَآۚthisbihādhā
  5. أَمۡoram
  6. هُمۡtheyhum
  7. قَوۡمٞ(are) a peopleqawmun
  8. طَاغُونَtransgressingṭāghūna

Tafsir

Or do their minds tell them to say: “He is a soothsayer and insane?” So they combine what cannot gather in one person, but rather they are a people who trespass the bounds, hence they do not return to any sacred law or intellect.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran