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Al-A'raf 70

Ayah 70 of 206 · Meccan

قَالُوٓاْ أَجِئۡتَنَا لِنَعۡبُدَ ٱللَّهَ وَحۡدَهُۥ وَنَذَرَ مَا كَانَ يَعۡبُدُ ءَابَآؤُنَا فَأۡتِنَا بِمَا تَعِدُنَآ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلصَّٰدِقِينَ ٧٠

They said, "Have you come to us that we should worship Allāh alone and leave what our fathers have worshipped? Then bring us what you promise us,1 if you should be of the truthful."

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 i.e., Allāh's punishment.

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. قَالُوٓاْThey saidqālū
  2. أَجِئۡتَنَاHave you come to usaji'tanā
  3. لِنَعۡبُدَthat we (should) worshiplinaʿbuda
  4. ٱللَّهَAllahl-laha
  5. وَحۡدَهُۥAlonewaḥdahu
  6. وَنَذَرَand we forsakewanadhara
  7. مَاwhatmā
  8. كَانَused tokāna
  9. يَعۡبُدُworshipyaʿbudu
  10. ءَابَآؤُنَاour forefathersābāunā
  11. فَأۡتِنَاThen bring usfatinā
  12. بِمَاof whatbimā
  13. تَعِدُنَآyou promise ustaʿidunā
  14. إِنifin
  15. كُنتَyou arekunta
  16. مِنَofmina
  17. ٱلصَّٰدِقِينَthe truthfull-ṣādiqīna

Tafsir

Hūd’s people said: 'Have you come to tell us to worship Allah alone and to leave what our parents and ancestors worshipped! Bring us the punishment you promise if you are telling the truth in what you claim.'

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran