Quran 7:88 — Al-A'raaf, verse 88
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
His people’s arrogant leaders said, ‘Shuayb, we will expel you and your fellow believers from our town unless you return to our religion.’ He said, ‘What! Even if we detest it?
قَالَ الْمَلَأُ الَّذِينَ اسْتَكْبَرُوا مِنْ قَوْمِهِ لَنُخْرِجَنَّكَ يَا شُعَيْبُ وَالَّذِينَ آمَنُوا مَعَكَ مِنْ قَرْيَتِنَا أَوْ لَتَعُودُنَّ فِي مِلَّتِنَا ۚ قَالَ أَوَلَوْ كُنَّا كَارِهِينَ
qāla l-mala-u alladhīna is'takbarū min qawmihi lanukh'rijannaka yāshuʿaybu wa-alladhīna āmanū maʿaka min qaryatinā aw lataʿūdunna fī millatinā qāla awalaw kunnā kārihīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Said the Council of those of his people who waxed proud, 'We will surely expel thee, O Shuaib, and those who believe with thee, from our city, unless you return into our creed.' He said, 'What, even though we detest it?
- Muhammad Asad
- Said the great ones among his people, who gloried in their arrogance: "Most certainly, O Shu'ayb, we shall expel thee and thy fellow-believers from our land, unless you indeed return to our ways!" Said [Shu'ayb]: "Why, even though we abhor [them]?
- Sahih International
- Said the eminent ones who were arrogant among his people, "We will surely evict you, O Shuʿayb, and those who have believed with you from our city, or you must return to our religion." He said, "Even if we were unwilling?
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ۞ قَالَqāla | Said | قول |
| 2 | ٱلْمَلَأُl-mala-u | the chiefs | ملأ |
| 3 | ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna | (of) those who | — |
| 4 | ٱسْتَكْبَرُوا۟is'takbarū | were arrogant | كبر |
| 5 | مِنmin | among | — |
| 6 | قَوْمِهِۦqawmihi | his people | قوم |
| 7 | لَنُخْرِجَنَّكَlanukh'rijannaka | We will surely drive you out | خرج |
| 8 | يَـٰشُعَيْبُyāshuʿaybu | O Shuaib | — |
| 9 | وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīna | And those who | — |
| 10 | ءَامَنُوا۟āmanū | (have) believed | أمن |
| 11 | مَعَكَmaʿaka | with you | — |
| 12 | مِنmin | from | — |
| 13 | قَرْيَتِنَآqaryatinā | our city | قري |
| 14 | أَوْaw | or | — |
| 15 | لَتَعُودُنَّlataʿūdunna | you must return | عود |
| 16 | فِىfī | to | — |
| 17 | مِلَّتِنَا ۚmillatinā | our religion | ملل |
| 18 | قَالَqāla | He said | قول |
| 19 | أَوَلَوْawalaw | Even if | — |
| 20 | كُنَّاkunnā | we are | كون |
| 21 | كَـٰرِهِينَkārihīna | (the) ones who hate (it) | كره |