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Al-A'raf 90

Ayah 90 of 206 · Meccan

وَقَالَ ٱلۡمَلَأُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ مِن قَوۡمِهِۦ لَئِنِ ٱتَّبَعۡتُمۡ شُعَيۡبًا إِنَّكُمۡ إِذٗا لَّخَٰسِرُونَ ٩٠

Said the eminent ones who disbelieved among his people, "If you should follow Shuʿayb, indeed, you would then be losers."

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَقَالَAnd saidwaqāla
  2. ٱلۡمَلَأُthe chiefsl-mala-u
  3. ٱلَّذِينَ(of) those whoalladhīna
  4. كَفَرُواْdisbelievedkafarū
  5. مِنamongmin
  6. قَوۡمِهِۦhis peopleqawmihi
  7. لَئِنِIfla-ini
  8. ٱتَّبَعۡتُمۡyou followittabaʿtum
  9. شُعَيۡبًاShuaibshuʿayban
  10. إِنَّكُمۡindeed, youinnakum
  11. إِذٗاthenidhan
  12. لَّخَٰسِرُونَ(will be) certainly loserslakhāsirūna

Tafsir

The important people and leaders of his people who refused the call to believe in the Oneness of Allah, warned people against Shu’ayb and his faith, saying: 'O people, if you follow Shu’ayb’s path, leaving the way of life of our ancestors, you would certainly find ruin through doing so.'

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran