Surah Hud (هود) • Hud

Quran 11:79

11:79

قَالُوا۟ لَقَدْ عَلِمْتَ مَا لَنَا فِى بَنَاتِكَ مِنْ حَقٍّ وَإِنَّكَ لَتَعْلَمُ مَا نُرِيدُ

qālū laqad ʿalim'ta mā lanā fī banātika min ḥaqqin wa-innaka lataʿlamu mā nurīdu

They said, "You have already known that we have not concerning your daughters [i.e., women] any claim [i.e., desire], and indeed, you know what we want."

— Saheeh International

They said, ‘You know very well that we have no right to your daughters. You know very well what we want.’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

They said: "Surely you know that we have neither any desire nor need of your daughters, and indeed you know well what we want!"

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

Juz 12Page 230meccan

Word by Word

قَالُوا۟qālūThey said
لَقَدْlaqadVerily
عَلِمْتَʿalim'tayou know
مَاmā(that) not
لَنَاlanāwe have
فِىfīconcerning
بَنَاتِكَbanātikayour daughters
مِنْminany
حَقٍّۢḥaqqinright
وَإِنَّكَwa-innakaAnd indeed, you
لَتَعْلَمُlataʿlamusurely know
مَاmāwhat
نُرِيدُnurīduwe want