Surah Al-Mu'minun (المؤمنون) • The Believers

Quran 23:47

23:47

فَقَالُوٓا۟ أَنُؤْمِنُ لِبَشَرَيْنِ مِثْلِنَا وَقَوْمُهُمَا لَنَا عَـٰبِدُونَ

faqālū anu'minu libasharayni mith'linā waqawmuhumā lanā ʿābidūna

They said, "Should we believe two men like ourselves while their people are for us in servitude?"

— Saheeh International

They said, ‘Are we to believe in two mortals like us? And their people are our servants?’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

They said: "Shall we believe in two men like ourselves, and their people are obedient to us with humility (and we use them to serve us as we like)."

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

Juz 18Page 345meccan

Word by Word

فَقَالُوٓا۟faqālūThen they said
أَنُؤْمِنُanu'minuShall we believe
لِبَشَرَيْنِlibasharayni(in) two men
مِثْلِنَاmith'linālike ourselves
وَقَوْمُهُمَاwaqawmuhumāwhile their people
لَنَاlanāfor us
عَـٰبِدُونَʿābidūna(are) slaves