Quran 23:47 — Al-Muminoon, verse 47
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
They said, ‘Are we to believe in two mortals like us? And their people are our servants?’
فَقَالُوا أَنُؤْمِنُ لِبَشَرَيْنِ مِثْلِنَا وَقَوْمُهُمَا لَنَا عَابِدُونَ
faqālū anu'minu libasharayni mith'linā waqawmuhumā lanā ʿābidūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- and they said, 'What, shall we believe two mortals like ourselves, whose people are our servants?'
- Muhammad Asad
- And so they said: “Shall we believe [them] two mortals like ourselves - although their people are our slaves?”
- Sahih International
- They said, "Should we believe two men like ourselves while their people are for us in servitude?"
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | فَقَالُوٓا۟faqālū | Then they said | قول |
| 2 | أَنُؤْمِنُanu'minu | Shall we believe | أمن |
| 3 | لِبَشَرَيْنِlibasharayni | (in) two men | بشر |
| 4 | مِثْلِنَاmith'linā | like ourselves | مثل |
| 5 | وَقَوْمُهُمَاwaqawmuhumā | while their people | قوم |
| 6 | لَنَاlanā | for us | — |
| 7 | عَـٰبِدُونَʿābidūna | (are) slaves | عبد |