Taa-Haa 20:72 — Quran | Pray for the Truth

M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation

They said, ‘We shall never prefer you to the clear sign that has come to us, nor to Him who created us. So decide whatever you will: you can only decide matters of this present life-

قَالُوا لَنْ نُؤْثِرَكَ عَلَىٰ مَا جَاءَنَا مِنَ الْبَيِّنَاتِ وَالَّذِي فَطَرَنَا ۖ فَاقْضِ مَا أَنْتَ قَاضٍ ۖ إِنَّمَا تَقْضِي هَـٰذِهِ الْحَيَاةَ الدُّنْيَا

qālū lan nu'thiraka ʿalā mā jāanā mina l-bayināti wa-alladhī faṭaranā fa-iq'ḍi mā anta qāḍin innamā taqḍī hādhihi l-ḥayata l-dun'yā

A. J. Arberry: They said, 'We will not prefer thee over the clear signs that have come to us, nor over Him who originated us. Decide then what thou wilt decide; thou canst only decide touching this present life.
Muhammad Asad: They answered: "Never shall we prefer thee to all the evidence of the truth that has come unto us, nor to Him who has brought us into being! Decree, then, whatever thou art going to decree: thou canst decree only [something that pertains to] this worldly life!
Sahih International: They said, "Never will we prefer you over what has come to us of clear proofs and [over] He who created us. So decree whatever you are to decree. You can only decree for this worldly life.

Word-by-word analysis of Taa-Haa verse 72
#	Word	Meaning	Root
1	قَالُوا۟qālū	They said	قول
2	لَنlan	Never	—
3	نُّؤْثِرَكَnu'thiraka	we will prefer you	أثر
4	عَلَىٰʿalā	over	—
5	مَاmā	what	—
6	جَآءَنَاjāanā	has come to us	جيأ
7	مِنَmina	of	—
8	ٱلْبَيِّنَـٰتِl-bayināti	the clear proofs	بين
9	وَٱلَّذِىwa-alladhī	and the One Who	—
10	فَطَرَنَا ۖfaṭaranā	created us	فطر
11	فَٱقْضِfa-iq'ḍi	So decree	قضي
12	مَآmā	whatever	—
13	أَنتَanta	you	—
14	قَاضٍ ۖqāḍin	(are) decreeing	قضي
15	إِنَّمَاinnamā	Only	—
16	تَقْضِىtaqḍī	you can decree	قضي
17	هَـٰذِهِhādhihi	(for) this	—
18	ٱلْحَيَوٰةَl-ḥayata	life	حيي
19	ٱلدُّنْيَآl-dun'yā	(of) the world	دنو

Quran 20:72 — Taa-Haa, verse 72

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