Surah Hud (هود) • Hud

Quran 11:92

11:92

قَالَ يَـٰقَوْمِ أَرَهْطِىٓ أَعَزُّ عَلَيْكُم مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ وَٱتَّخَذْتُمُوهُ وَرَآءَكُمْ ظِهْرِيًّا ۖ إِنَّ رَبِّى بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ مُحِيطٌ

qāla yāqawmi arahṭī aʿazzu ʿalaykum mina l-lahi wa-ittakhadhtumūhu warāakum ẓih'riyyan inna rabbī bimā taʿmalūna muḥīṭun

He said, "O my people, is my family more respected for power by you than Allāh? But you put Him behind your backs [in neglect]. Indeed, my Lord is encompassing of what you do.

— Saheeh International

He said, ‘My people, is my family stronger in your estimation than God? And have you put Him behind you? My Lord surrounds everything you do.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

He said: "O my people! Is then my family of more weight with you than Allâh? And you have cast Him away behind your backs. Verily, my Lord is surrounding all that you do.

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

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قَالَqālaHe said
يَـٰقَوْمِyāqawmiO my people
أَرَهْطِىٓarahṭīIs my family
أَعَزُّaʿazzumightier
عَلَيْكُمʿalaykumon you
مِّنَminathan
ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
وَٱتَّخَذْتُمُوهُwa-ittakhadhtumūhuAnd you have taken Him
وَرَآءَكُمْwarāakumbehind your
ظِهْرِيًّاۖẓih'riyyanbacks
إِنَّinnaIndeed
رَبِّىrabbīmy Lord
بِمَاbimāof what
تَعْمَلُونَtaʿmalūnayou do
مُحِيطٌۭmuḥīṭun(is) All-Encompassing