Quran 11:62 — Hud, verse 62
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
They said, ‘Salih, We used to have such great hope in you. Will you forbid us to worship what our fathers worshipped? We are in grave doubt about what you are asking us to do.’
قَالُوا يَا صَالِحُ قَدْ كُنْتَ فِينَا مَرْجُوًّا قَبْلَ هَـٰذَا ۖ أَتَنْهَانَا أَنْ نَعْبُدَ مَا يَعْبُدُ آبَاؤُنَا وَإِنَّنَا لَفِي شَكٍّ مِمَّا تَدْعُونَا إِلَيْهِ مُرِيبٍ
qālū yāṣāliḥu qad kunta fīnā marjuwwan qabla hādhā atanhānā an naʿbuda mā yaʿbudu ābāunā wa-innanā lafī shakkin mimmā tadʿūnā ilayhi murībin
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- They said, 'Salih, thou hast hitherto been a source of hope among us. What, dost thou forbid us to serve that our fathers served? Truly we are in doubt, concerning what thou callest us to, disquieting.'
- Muhammad Asad
- They answered: "O Salih! Great hopes did we place in thee ere this! Wouldst thou forbid us to worship what our forefathers were wont to worship? Because [of this], behold, we are in grave doubt, amounting to suspicion, about [the meaning of] thy call to us!"
- Sahih International
- They said, "O Ṣāliḥ, you were among us a man of promise before this. Do you forbid us to worship what our fathers worshipped? And indeed we are, about that to which you invite us, in disquieting doubt."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | قَالُوا۟qālū | They said | قول |
| 2 | يَـٰصَـٰلِحُyāṣāliḥu | O Salih | صلح |
| 3 | قَدْqad | Verily | — |
| 4 | كُنتَkunta | you were | كون |
| 5 | فِينَاfīnā | among us | — |
| 6 | مَرْجُوًّۭاmarjuwwan | the one in whom hope was placed | رجو |
| 7 | قَبْلَqabla | before | قبل |
| 8 | هَـٰذَآ ۖhādhā | this | — |
| 9 | أَتَنْهَىٰنَآatanhānā | Do you forbid us | نهي |
| 10 | أَنan | that | — |
| 11 | نَّعْبُدَnaʿbuda | we worship | عبد |
| 12 | مَاmā | what | — |
| 13 | يَعْبُدُyaʿbudu | our forefathers worshipped | عبد |
| 14 | ءَابَآؤُنَاābāunā | our forefathers worshipped | أبو |
| 15 | وَإِنَّنَاwa-innanā | And indeed we | — |
| 16 | لَفِىlafī | surely (are) in | — |
| 17 | شَكٍّۢshakkin | doubt | شكك |
| 18 | مِّمَّاmimmā | about what | — |
| 19 | تَدْعُونَآtadʿūnā | you call us | دعو |
| 20 | إِلَيْهِilayhi | to it | — |
| 21 | مُرِيبٍۢmurībin | suspicious | ريب |