Surah Hud (هود) • Hud

Quran 11:53

11:53

قَالُوا۟ يَـٰهُودُ مَا جِئْتَنَا بِبَيِّنَةٍ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِتَارِكِىٓ ءَالِهَتِنَا عَن قَوْلِكَ وَمَا نَحْنُ لَكَ بِمُؤْمِنِينَ

qālū yāhūdu mā ji'tanā bibayyinatin wamā naḥnu bitārikī ālihatinā ʿan qawlika wamā naḥnu laka bimu'minīna

They said, "O Hūd, you have not brought us clear evidence, and we are not ones to leave our gods on your say-so. Nor are we believers in you.

— Saheeh International

They replied, ‘Hud, you have not brought us any clear evidence. We will not forsake our gods on the strength of your word alone, nor will we believe in you.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

They said: "O Hûd! No evidence have you brought us, and we shall not leave our gods for your (mere) saying! And we are not believers in you.

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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Word by Word

قَالُوا۟qālūThey said
يَـٰهُودُyāhūduO Hud
مَاmāYou have not brought us
جِئْتَنَاji'tanāYou have not brought us
بِبَيِّنَةٍۢbibayyinatinclear proofs
وَمَاwamāand not
نَحْنُnaḥnuwe
بِتَارِكِىٓbitārikī(will) leave
ءَالِهَتِنَاālihatināour gods
عَنʿanon
قَوْلِكَqawlikayour saying
وَمَاwamāand not
نَحْنُnaḥnuwe (are)
لَكَlakain you
بِمُؤْمِنِينَbimu'minīnabelievers