Quran 7:90 — Al-A'raaf, verse 90
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
The disbelieving leaders among his people said, ‘You will certainly be losers if you follow Shuayb’-
وَقَالَ الْمَلَأُ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا مِنْ قَوْمِهِ لَئِنِ اتَّبَعْتُمْ شُعَيْبًا إِنَّكُمْ إِذًا لَخَاسِرُونَ
waqāla l-mala-u alladhīna kafarū min qawmihi la-ini ittabaʿtum shuʿayban innakum idhan lakhāsirūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Said the Council of those of his people who disbelieved, 'Now, if you follow Shuaib, assuredly in that case you will be losers.'
- Muhammad Asad
- But the great ones among his people, who were bent on denying the truth, said [to his followers]: "Indeed, if you follow Shu'ayb, you will, verily, be the losers!"
- Sahih International
- Said the eminent ones who disbelieved among his people, "If you should follow Shuʿayb, indeed, you would then be losers."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَقَالَwaqāla | And said | قول |
| 2 | ٱلْمَلَأُl-mala-u | the chiefs | ملأ |
| 3 | ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna | (of) those who | — |
| 4 | كَفَرُوا۟kafarū | disbelieved | كفر |
| 5 | مِنmin | among | — |
| 6 | قَوْمِهِۦqawmihi | his people | قوم |
| 7 | لَئِنِla-ini | If | — |
| 8 | ٱتَّبَعْتُمْittabaʿtum | you follow | تبع |
| 9 | شُعَيْبًاshuʿayban | Shuaib | — |
| 10 | إِنَّكُمْinnakum | indeed, you | — |
| 11 | إِذًۭاidhan | then | — |
| 12 | لَّخَـٰسِرُونَlakhāsirūna | (will be) certainly losers | خسر |