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

Quran 26:136

26:136

قَالُوا۟ سَوَآءٌ عَلَيْنَآ أَوَعَظْتَ أَمْ لَمْ تَكُن مِّنَ ٱلْوَٰعِظِينَ

qālū sawāon ʿalaynā awaʿaẓta am lam takun mina l-wāʿiẓīna

They said, "It is all the same to us whether you advise or are not of the advisors.

— Saheeh International

They replied, ‘It makes no difference to us whether you warn us or not,

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

They said: "It is the same to us whether you preach or be not of those who preach.

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

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Word by Word

قَالُوا۟qālūThey said
سَوَآءٌsawāon(It is) same
عَلَيْنَآʿalaynāto us
أَوَعَظْتَawaʿaẓtawhether you advise
أَمْamor
لَمْlamnot
تَكُنtakunyou are
مِّنَminaof
ٱلْوَٰعِظِينَl-wāʿiẓīnathe advisors