Surah Ash-Shu'ara (الشعراء) • The Poets

Quran 26:111

26:111

۞ قَالُوٓا۟ أَنُؤْمِنُ لَكَ وَٱتَّبَعَكَ ٱلْأَرْذَلُونَ

qālū anu'minu laka wa-ittabaʿaka l-ardhalūna

They said, "Should we believe you while you are followed by the lowest [class of people]?"

— Saheeh International

They answered, ‘Why should we believe you when the worst sort of people follow you?’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

They said: "Shall we believe in you, when the meanest (of the people) follow you?"

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

Juz 19Page 371meccan

Word by Word

۞ قَالُوٓا۟qālūThey said
أَنُؤْمِنُanu'minuShould we believe
لَكَlakain you
وَٱتَّبَعَكَwa-ittabaʿakawhile followed you
ٱلْأَرْذَلُونَl-ardhalūnathe lowest