Surah Hud (هود) • Hud

Quran 11:87

11:87

قَالُوا۟ يَـٰشُعَيْبُ أَصَلَوٰتُكَ تَأْمُرُكَ أَن نَّتْرُكَ مَا يَعْبُدُ ءَابَآؤُنَآ أَوْ أَن نَّفْعَلَ فِىٓ أَمْوَٰلِنَا مَا نَشَـٰٓؤُا۟ ۖ إِنَّكَ لَأَنتَ ٱلْحَلِيمُ ٱلرَّشِيدُ

qālū yāshuʿaybu aṣalatuka tamuruka an natruka mā yaʿbudu ābāunā aw an nafʿala fī amwālinā mā nashāu innaka la-anta l-ḥalīmu l-rashīdu

They said, "O Shuʿayb, does your prayer [i.e., religion] command you that we should leave what our fathers worship or not do with our wealth what we please? Indeed, you are the forbearing, the discerning!"

— Saheeh International

They said, ‘Shuayb, does your prayer tell you that we should abandon what our forefathers worshipped and refrain from doing whatever we please with our own property? Indeed you are a tolerant and sensible man.’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

They said: "O Shu‘aib! Does your Salât (prayer) command that we give up what our fathers used to worship, or that we give up doing what we like with our property? Verily, you are the forbearer, right-minded!" (They said this sarcastically).

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

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Word by Word

قَالُوا۟qālūThey said
يَـٰشُعَيْبُyāshuʿaybuO Shuaib
أَصَلَوٰتُكَaṣalatukaDoes your prayer
تَأْمُرُكَtamurukacommand you
أَنanthat
نَّتْرُكَnatrukawe leave
مَاmāwhat
يَعْبُدُyaʿbuduworship
ءَابَآؤُنَآābāunāour forefathers
أَوْawor
أَنanthat
نَّفْعَلَnafʿalawe do
فِىٓfīconcerning
أَمْوَٰلِنَاamwālināour wealth
مَاmāwhat
نَشَـٰٓؤُا۟ۖnashāuwe will
إِنَّكَinnakaIndeed you
لَأَنتَla-antasurely you
ٱلْحَلِيمُl-ḥalīmu(are) the forbearing
ٱلرَّشِيدُl-rashīduthe right-minded