Quran 29:12 — Al-Ankaboot, verse 12
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Those who disbelieve say to the believers, ‘Follow our path and we shall bear [the consequences for] your sins,’ yet they will not do so––they are liars.
وَقَالَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا لِلَّذِينَ آمَنُوا اتَّبِعُوا سَبِيلَنَا وَلْنَحْمِلْ خَطَايَاكُمْ وَمَا هُمْ بِحَامِلِينَ مِنْ خَطَايَاهُمْ مِنْ شَيْءٍ ۖ إِنَّهُمْ لَكَاذِبُونَ
waqāla alladhīna kafarū lilladhīna āmanū ittabiʿū sabīlanā walnaḥmil khaṭāyākum wamā hum biḥāmilīna min khaṭāyāhum min shayin innahum lakādhibūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- The unbelievers say to the believers, 'Follow our path, and let us carry your offences'; yet they cannot carry anything, even of their own offences; they are truly liars.
- Muhammad Asad
- And [He is aware, too, that] they who are bent on denying the truth speak [thus, as it were,] to those who have attained to faith: “Follow our way [of life], and we shall indeed take your sins upon ourselves!” But never could they take upon themselves aught of the sins of those [whom they would thus mislead]: behold, they are liars indeed!
- Sahih International
- And those who disbelieve say to those who believe, "Follow our way, and we will carry your sins." But they will not carry anything of their sins. Indeed, they are liars.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَقَالَwaqāla | And said | قول |
| 2 | ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna | those who | — |
| 3 | كَفَرُوا۟kafarū | disbelieve | كفر |
| 4 | لِلَّذِينَlilladhīna | to those who | — |
| 5 | ءَامَنُوا۟āmanū | believe | أمن |
| 6 | ٱتَّبِعُوا۟ittabiʿū | Follow | تبع |
| 7 | سَبِيلَنَاsabīlanā | our way | سبل |
| 8 | وَلْنَحْمِلْwalnaḥmil | and we will carry | حمل |
| 9 | خَطَـٰيَـٰكُمْkhaṭāyākum | your sins | خطأ |
| 10 | وَمَاwamā | But not | — |
| 11 | هُمhum | they | — |
| 12 | بِحَـٰمِلِينَbiḥāmilīna | (are) going to carry | حمل |
| 13 | مِنْmin | of | — |
| 14 | خَطَـٰيَـٰهُمkhaṭāyāhum | their sins | خطأ |
| 15 | مِّنmin | any | — |
| 16 | شَىْءٍ ۖshayin | thing | شيأ |
| 17 | إِنَّهُمْinnahum | Indeed, they | — |
| 18 | لَكَـٰذِبُونَlakādhibūna | (are) surely liars | كذب |