Quran 12:103 — Yusuf, verse 103
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
However eagerly you may want them to, most men will not believe.
وَمَا أَكْثَرُ النَّاسِ وَلَوْ حَرَصْتَ بِمُؤْمِنِينَ
wamā aktharu l-nāsi walaw ḥaraṣta bimu'minīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Yet, be thou ever so eager, the most part of men believe not.
- Muhammad Asad
- Yet - however strongly thou mayest desire it -most people will not believe [in this revelation],
- Sahih International
- And most of the people, although you strive [for it], are not believers.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَمَآwamā | And not | — |
| 2 | أَكْثَرُaktharu | most | كثر |
| 3 | ٱلنَّاسِl-nāsi | (of) the mankind | نوس |
| 4 | وَلَوْwalaw | even though | — |
| 5 | حَرَصْتَḥaraṣta | you desire | حرص |
| 6 | بِمُؤْمِنِينَbimu'minīna | (will be) believers | أمن |