Quran 41:26 — Fussilat, verse 26
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
The disbelievers say, ‘Do not listen to this Quran; drown it in frivolous talk: you may gain the upper hand.’
وَقَالَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا لَا تَسْمَعُوا لِهَـٰذَا الْقُرْآنِ وَالْغَوْا فِيهِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَغْلِبُونَ
waqāla alladhīna kafarū lā tasmaʿū lihādhā l-qur'āni wal-ghaw fīhi laʿallakum taghlibūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- The unbelievers say, 'Do not give ear to this Koran, and talk idly about it; haply you will overcome.
- Muhammad Asad
- NOW THOSE who are bent on denying the truth say [unto one another]: “Do not listen to this Qur’an, but rather talk frivolously about it, so that you might gain the upper hand!”
- Sahih International
- And those who disbelieve say, "Do not listen to this Qur’ān and speak noisily during [the recitation of] it that perhaps you will overcome."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَقَالَwaqāla | And said | قول |
| 2 | ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna | those who | — |
| 3 | كَفَرُوا۟kafarū | disbelieve | كفر |
| 4 | لَاlā | (Do) not | — |
| 5 | تَسْمَعُوا۟tasmaʿū | listen | سمع |
| 6 | لِهَـٰذَاlihādhā | to this | — |
| 7 | ٱلْقُرْءَانِl-qur'āni | Quran | قرأ |
| 8 | وَٱلْغَوْا۟wal-ghaw | and make noise | لغو |
| 9 | فِيهِfīhi | therein | — |
| 10 | لَعَلَّكُمْlaʿallakum | so that you may | — |
| 11 | تَغْلِبُونَtaghlibūna | overcome | غلب |