Quran 26:136 — Ash-Shu'araa, verse 136
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
They replied, ‘It makes no difference to us whether you warn us or not,
قَالُوا سَوَاءٌ عَلَيْنَا أَوَعَظْتَ أَمْ لَمْ تَكُنْ مِنَ الْوَاعِظِينَ
qālū sawāon ʿalaynā awaʿaẓta am lam takun mina l-wāʿiẓīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- They said, 'Alike it is to us, whether thou admonishest, or art not one of the admonishers;
- Muhammad Asad
- [But] they answered. “It is all one to us whether thou preachest [something new] or art not of those who [like to] preach.
- Sahih International
- They said, "It is all the same to us whether you advise or are not of the advisors.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | قَالُوا۟qālū | They said | قول |
| 2 | سَوَآءٌsawāon | (It is) same | سوي |
| 3 | عَلَيْنَآʿalaynā | to us | — |
| 4 | أَوَعَظْتَawaʿaẓta | whether you advise | وعظ |
| 5 | أَمْam | or | — |
| 6 | لَمْlam | not | — |
| 7 | تَكُنtakun | you are | كون |
| 8 | مِّنَmina | of | — |
| 9 | ٱلْوَٰعِظِينَl-wāʿiẓīna | the advisors | وعظ |