Quran 11:27 — Hud, verse 27
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
But the prominent disbelievers among his people said, ‘We can see that you are nothing but a mortal like ourselves, and it is clear to see that only the vilest among us follow you. We cannot see how you are any better than we are. In fact, we think you are a liar.’
فَقَالَ الْمَلَأُ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا مِنْ قَوْمِهِ مَا نَرَاكَ إِلَّا بَشَرًا مِثْلَنَا وَمَا نَرَاكَ اتَّبَعَكَ إِلَّا الَّذِينَ هُمْ أَرَاذِلُنَا بَادِيَ الرَّأْيِ وَمَا نَرَىٰ لَكُمْ عَلَيْنَا مِنْ فَضْلٍ بَلْ نَظُنُّكُمْ كَاذِبِينَ
faqāla l-mala-u alladhīna kafarū min qawmihi mā narāka illā basharan mith'lanā wamā narāka ittabaʿaka illā alladhīna hum arādhilunā bādiya l-rayi wamā narā lakum ʿalaynā min faḍlin bal naẓunnukum kādhibīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Said the Council of the unbelievers of his people, 'We see thee not other than a mortal like ourselves, and we see no? any following thee but the vilest of us, inconsiderately. We do not see you have over us any superiority; no, rather we think you are liars.'
- Muhammad Asad
- But the great ones among his people, who refused to acknowledge the truth, answered: "We do not see in thee anything but a mortal man like ourselves; and we do not see that any follow thee save those who are quite obviously the most abject among us; and we do not see that you could be in any way superior to us: on the contrary, we think that you are liars!"
- Sahih International
- So the eminent among those who disbelieved from his people said, "We do not see you but as a man like ourselves, and we do not see you followed except by those who are the lowest of us [and] at first suggestion. And we do not see in you over us any merit; rather, we think you are liars."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | فَقَالَfaqāla | So said | قول |
| 2 | ٱلْمَلَأُl-mala-u | the chiefs | ملأ |
| 3 | ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna | (of) those who | — |
| 4 | كَفَرُوا۟kafarū | disbelieved | كفر |
| 5 | مِنmin | from | — |
| 6 | قَوْمِهِۦqawmihi | his people | قوم |
| 7 | مَاmā | Not | — |
| 8 | نَرَىٰكَnarāka | we see you | رأي |
| 9 | إِلَّاillā | but | — |
| 10 | بَشَرًۭاbasharan | a man | بشر |
| 11 | مِّثْلَنَاmith'lanā | like us | مثل |
| 12 | وَمَاwamā | and not | — |
| 13 | نَرَىٰكَnarāka | we see you | رأي |
| 14 | ٱتَّبَعَكَittabaʿaka | followed [you] | تبع |
| 15 | إِلَّاillā | except | — |
| 16 | ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna | those who | — |
| 17 | هُمْhum | [they] | — |
| 18 | أَرَاذِلُنَاarādhilunā | (are) the lowest of us | رذل |
| 19 | بَادِىَbādiya | immature in opinion | بدو |
| 20 | ٱلرَّأْىِl-rayi | immature in opinion | رأي |
| 21 | وَمَاwamā | And not | — |
| 22 | نَرَىٰnarā | we see | رأي |
| 23 | لَكُمْlakum | in you | — |
| 24 | عَلَيْنَاʿalaynā | over us | — |
| 25 | مِنmin | any | — |
| 26 | فَضْلٍۭfaḍlin | merit | فضل |
| 27 | بَلْbal | nay | — |
| 28 | نَظُنُّكُمْnaẓunnukum | we think you | ظنن |
| 29 | كَـٰذِبِينَkādhibīna | (are) liars | كذب |