Surah Hud (هود) • Hud

Quran 11:91

11:91

قَالُوا۟ يَـٰشُعَيْبُ مَا نَفْقَهُ كَثِيرًا مِّمَّا تَقُولُ وَإِنَّا لَنَرَىٰكَ فِينَا ضَعِيفًا ۖ وَلَوْلَا رَهْطُكَ لَرَجَمْنَـٰكَ ۖ وَمَآ أَنتَ عَلَيْنَا بِعَزِيزٍ

qālū yāshuʿaybu mā nafqahu kathīran mimmā taqūlu wa-innā lanarāka fīnā ḍaʿīfan walawlā rahṭuka larajamnāka wamā anta ʿalaynā biʿazīzin

They said, "O Shuʿayb, we do not understand much of what you say, and indeed, we consider you among us as weak. And if not for your family, we would have stoned you [to death]; and you are not to us one respected."

— Saheeh International

They said, ‘Shuayb, we do not understand much of what you say, and we find you very weak in our midst. But for your family, we would have stoned you, for you have no great status among us.’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

They said: "O Shu‘aib! We do not understand much of what you say, and we see you weak (it is said that he was a blind man) among us. Were it not for your family, we should certainly have stoned you and you are not powerful against us."

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

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Word by Word

قَالُوا۟qālūThey said
يَـٰشُعَيْبُyāshuʿaybuO Shuaib
مَاmāNot
نَفْقَهُnafqahuwe understand
كَثِيرًۭاkathīranmuch
مِّمَّاmimmāof what
تَقُولُtaqūluyou say
وَإِنَّاwa-innāand indeed, we
لَنَرَىٰكَlanarākasurely [we] see you
فِينَاfīnāamong us
ضَعِيفًۭاۖḍaʿīfanweak
وَلَوْلَاwalawlāAnd if not
رَهْطُكَrahṭukafor your family
لَرَجَمْنَـٰكَۖlarajamnākasurely we would have stoned you
وَمَآwamāand you are not
أَنتَantaand you are not
عَلَيْنَاʿalaynāagainst us
بِعَزِيزٍۢbiʿazīzinmighty