Quran 26:111 — Ash-Shu'araa, verse 111
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
They answered, ‘Why should we believe you when the worst sort of people follow you?’
قَالُوا أَنُؤْمِنُ لَكَ وَاتَّبَعَكَ الْأَرْذَلُونَ
qālū anu'minu laka wa-ittabaʿaka l-ardhalūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- They said, 'Shall we believe thee, whom the vilest follow?'
- Muhammad Asad
- They answered: “Shall we place our faith in thee, even though [only] the most abject [of people] follow thee?”
- Sahih International
- They said, "Should we believe you while you are followed by the lowest [class of people]?"
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ۞ قَالُوٓا۟qālū | They said | قول |
| 2 | أَنُؤْمِنُanu'minu | Should we believe | أمن |
| 3 | لَكَlaka | in you | — |
| 4 | وَٱتَّبَعَكَwa-ittabaʿaka | while followed you | تبع |
| 5 | ٱلْأَرْذَلُونَl-ardhalūna | the lowest | رذل |