Quran 51:53 — Adh-Dhaariyat, verse 53
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Did they tell one another to do this? No! They are a people who exceed all bounds,
أَتَوَاصَوْا بِهِ ۚ بَلْ هُمْ قَوْمٌ طَاغُونَ
atawāṣaw bihi bal hum qawmun ṭāghūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- What, have they bequeathed it one to another? Nay, but they are an insolent people.
- Muhammad Asad
- Have they, perchance, handed down this [way of thinking] as a legacy unto one another? Nay, they are people filled with overweening arrogance!
- Sahih International
- Did they suggest it to them? Rather, they [themselves] are a transgressing people.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | أَتَوَاصَوْا۟atawāṣaw | Have they transmitted it to them | وصي |
| 2 | بِهِۦ ۚbihi | Have they transmitted it to them | — |
| 3 | بَلْbal | Nay | — |
| 4 | هُمْhum | they | — |
| 5 | قَوْمٌۭqawmun | (are) a people | قوم |
| 6 | طَاغُونَṭāghūna | transgressing | طغي |