Quran 11:79 — Hud, verse 79
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
They said, ‘You know very well that we have no right to your daughters. You know very well what we want.’
قَالُوا لَقَدْ عَلِمْتَ مَا لَنَا فِي بَنَاتِكَ مِنْ حَقٍّ وَإِنَّكَ لَتَعْلَمُ مَا نُرِيدُ
qālū laqad ʿalim'ta mā lanā fī banātika min ḥaqqin wa-innaka lataʿlamu mā nurīdu
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- They said, 'Thou knowest we have no right to thy daughters, and thou well knowest what we desire.'
- Muhammad Asad
- They answered: "Thou hast always known that we have no use whatever for thy daughters; and, verily, well dost thou know what we want!"
- Sahih International
- They said, "You have already known that we have not concerning your daughters [i.e., women] any claim [i.e., desire], and indeed, you know what we want."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | قَالُوا۟qālū | They said | قول |
| 2 | لَقَدْlaqad | Verily | — |
| 3 | عَلِمْتَʿalim'ta | you know | علم |
| 4 | مَاmā | (that) not | — |
| 5 | لَنَاlanā | we have | — |
| 6 | فِىfī | concerning | — |
| 7 | بَنَاتِكَbanātika | your daughters | بني |
| 8 | مِنْmin | any | — |
| 9 | حَقٍّۢḥaqqin | right | حقق |
| 10 | وَإِنَّكَwa-innaka | And indeed, you | — |
| 11 | لَتَعْلَمُlataʿlamu | surely know | علم |
| 12 | مَاmā | what | — |
| 13 | نُرِيدُnurīdu | we want | رود |