Surah As-Saffat (الصافات) • Those who set the Ranks

Quran 37:36

37:36

وَيَقُولُونَ أَئِنَّا لَتَارِكُوٓا۟ ءَالِهَتِنَا لِشَاعِرٍ مَّجْنُونٍۭ

wayaqūlūna a-innā latārikū ālihatinā lishāʿirin majnūnin

And were saying, "Are we to leave our gods for a mad poet?"

— Saheeh International

and said, ‘Are we to forsake our gods for a mad poet?’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And (they) said: "Are we going to abandon our âlihah (gods) for the sake of a mad poet?"

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

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وَيَقُولُونَwayaqūlūnaAnd they say
أَئِنَّاa-innāAre we
لَتَارِكُوٓا۟latārikūto leave
ءَالِهَتِنَاālihatināour gods
لِشَاعِرٍۢlishāʿirinfor a poet
مَّجْنُونٍۭmajnūninmad