Quran 11:87 — Hud, verse 87
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
They said, ‘Shuayb, does your prayer tell you that we should abandon what our forefathers worshipped and refrain from doing whatever we please with our own property? Indeed you are a tolerant and sensible man.’
قَالُوا يَا شُعَيْبُ أَصَلَاتُكَ تَأْمُرُكَ أَنْ نَتْرُكَ مَا يَعْبُدُ آبَاؤُنَا أَوْ أَنْ نَفْعَلَ فِي أَمْوَالِنَا مَا نَشَاءُ ۖ إِنَّكَ لَأَنْتَ الْحَلِيمُ الرَّشِيدُ
qālū yāshuʿaybu aṣalatuka tamuruka an natruka mā yaʿbudu ābāunā aw an nafʿala fī amwālinā mā nashāu innaka la-anta l-ḥalīmu l-rashīdu
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- They said, 'Shuaib, does thy prayer command thee that we should leave that our fathers served, or to do as we will with our goods? Thou art the clement one, the right-minded.'
- Muhammad Asad
- Said they: "O Shu'ayb! Does thy [habit of] praying compel thee to demand of us that we give up all that our forefathers were wont to worship, or that we refrain from doing whatever we please with our possessions? Behold, [thou wouldst have us believe that] thou art indeed the only clement, the only right-minded man!"
- Sahih International
- They said, "O Shuʿayb, does your prayer [i.e., religion] command you that we should leave what our fathers worship or not do with our wealth what we please? Indeed, you are the forbearing, the discerning!"
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | قَالُوا۟qālū | They said | قول |
| 2 | يَـٰشُعَيْبُyāshuʿaybu | O Shuaib | — |
| 3 | أَصَلَوٰتُكَaṣalatuka | Does your prayer | صلو |
| 4 | تَأْمُرُكَtamuruka | command you | أمر |
| 5 | أَنan | that | — |
| 6 | نَّتْرُكَnatruka | we leave | ترك |
| 7 | مَاmā | what | — |
| 8 | يَعْبُدُyaʿbudu | worship | عبد |
| 9 | ءَابَآؤُنَآābāunā | our forefathers | أبو |
| 10 | أَوْaw | or | — |
| 11 | أَنan | that | — |
| 12 | نَّفْعَلَnafʿala | we do | فعل |
| 13 | فِىٓfī | concerning | — |
| 14 | أَمْوَٰلِنَاamwālinā | our wealth | مول |
| 15 | مَاmā | what | — |
| 16 | نَشَـٰٓؤُا۟ ۖnashāu | we will | شيأ |
| 17 | إِنَّكَinnaka | Indeed you | — |
| 18 | لَأَنتَla-anta | surely you | — |
| 19 | ٱلْحَلِيمُl-ḥalīmu | (are) the forbearing | حلم |
| 20 | ٱلرَّشِيدُl-rashīdu | the right-minded | رشد |