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Quran 23:33 — Al-Muminoon, verse 33

M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation

But the leading disbelievers among his people, who denied the Meeting in the Hereafter, to whom We had granted ease and plenty in this life, said, ‘He is just a mortal like you- he eats what you eat and drinks what you drink-

وَقَالَ الْمَلَأُ مِنْ قَوْمِهِ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا وَكَذَّبُوا بِلِقَاءِ الْآخِرَةِ وَأَتْرَفْنَاهُمْ فِي الْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا مَا هَـٰذَا إِلَّا بَشَرٌ مِثْلُكُمْ يَأْكُلُ مِمَّا تَأْكُلُونَ مِنْهُ وَيَشْرَبُ مِمَّا تَشْرَبُونَ

waqāla l-mala-u min qawmihi alladhīna kafarū wakadhabū biliqāi l-ākhirati wa-atrafnāhum fī l-ḥayati l-dun'yā mā hādhā illā basharun mith'lukum yakulu mimmā takulūna min'hu wayashrabu mimmā tashrabūna

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Word-by-word analysis of Al-Muminoon verse 33
#WordMeaningRoot
1وَقَالَwaqālaAnd saidقول
2ٱلْمَلَأُl-mala-uthe chiefsملأ
3مِنminof—
4قَوْمِهِqawmihihis peopleقوم
5ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnawho—
6كَفَرُوا۟kafarūdisbelievedكفر
7وَكَذَّبُوا۟wakadhabūand deniedكذب
8بِلِقَآءِbiliqāi(the) meetingلقي
9ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِl-ākhirati(of) the Hereafterأخر
10وَأَتْرَفْنَـٰهُمْwa-atrafnāhumwhile We had given them luxuryترف
11فِىfīin—
12ٱلْحَيَوٰةِl-ḥayatithe lifeحيي
13ٱلدُّنْيَاl-dun'yā(of) the worldدنو
14مَاmāNot—
15هَـٰذَآhādhā(is) this—
16إِلَّاillābut—
17بَشَرٌۭbasharuna manبشر
18مِّثْلُكُمْmith'lukumlike youمثل
19يَأْكُلُyakuluHe eatsأكل
20مِمَّاmimmāof what—
21تَأْكُلُونَtakulūnayou eatأكل
22مِنْهُmin'hu[from it]—
23وَيَشْرَبُwayashrabuand he drinksشرب
24مِمَّاmimmāof what—
25تَشْرَبُونَtashrabūnayou drinkشرب