Surah Fussilat (فصلت) • Explained in Detail

Quran 41:26

41:26

وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لَا تَسْمَعُوا۟ لِهَـٰذَا ٱلْقُرْءَانِ وَٱلْغَوْا۟ فِيهِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَغْلِبُونَ

waqāla alladhīna kafarū lā tasmaʿū lihādhā l-qur'āni wal-ghaw fīhi laʿallakum taghlibūna

And those who disbelieve say, "Do not listen to this Qur’ān and speak noisily during [the recitation of] it that perhaps you will overcome."

— Saheeh International

The disbelievers say, ‘Do not listen to this Quran; drown it in frivolous talk: you may gain the upper hand.’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And those who disbelieve say: "Listen not to this Qur’ân, and make noise in the midst of its (recitation) that you may overcome."

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

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Word by Word

وَقَالَwaqālaAnd said
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
كَفَرُوا۟kafarūdisbelieve
لَاlā(Do) not
تَسْمَعُوا۟tasmaʿūlisten
لِهَـٰذَاlihādhāto this
ٱلْقُرْءَانِl-qur'āniQuran
وَٱلْغَوْا۟wal-ghawand make noise
فِيهِfīhitherein
لَعَلَّكُمْlaʿallakumso that you may
تَغْلِبُونَtaghlibūnaovercome