Quran 50:2 — Qaaf, verse 2
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
But the disbelievers are amazed that a warner has come from among them and they say, ‘How strange!
بَلْ عَجِبُوا أَنْ جَاءَهُمْ مُنْذِرٌ مِنْهُمْ فَقَالَ الْكَافِرُونَ هَـٰذَا شَيْءٌ عَجِيبٌ
bal ʿajibū an jāahum mundhirun min'hum faqāla l-kāfirūna hādhā shayon ʿajībun
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Nay, but they marvel that a warner has come to them from among them; and the unbelievers say, 'This is a marvellous thing!
- Muhammad Asad
- But nay - they deem it strange that a warner should have come unto them from their own midst; and so these deniers of the truth are saying, “A strange thing is this!
- Sahih International
- But they wonder that there has come to them a warner from among themselves, and the disbelievers say, "This is an amazing thing.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | بَلْbal | Nay | — |
| 2 | عَجِبُوٓا۟ʿajibū | they wonder | عجب |
| 3 | أَنan | that | — |
| 4 | جَآءَهُمjāahum | has come to them | جيأ |
| 5 | مُّنذِرٌۭmundhirun | a warner | نذر |
| 6 | مِّنْهُمْmin'hum | from them | — |
| 7 | فَقَالَfaqāla | So say | قول |
| 8 | ٱلْكَـٰفِرُونَl-kāfirūna | the disbelievers | كفر |
| 9 | هَـٰذَاhādhā | This | — |
| 10 | شَىْءٌshayon | (is) a thing | شيأ |
| 11 | عَجِيبٌʿajībun | amazing | عجب |