Quran 7:93 — Al-A'raaf, verse 93
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
so he turned away from them, saying, ‘My people, I delivered my Lord’s messages to you and gave you sincere advice, so why should I grieve for people who refused to believe?’
فَتَوَلَّىٰ عَنْهُمْ وَقَالَ يَا قَوْمِ لَقَدْ أَبْلَغْتُكُمْ رِسَالَاتِ رَبِّي وَنَصَحْتُ لَكُمْ ۖ فَكَيْفَ آسَىٰ عَلَىٰ قَوْمٍ كَافِرِينَ
fatawallā ʿanhum waqāla yāqawmi laqad ablaghtukum risālāti rabbī wanaṣaḥtu lakum fakayfa āsā ʿalā qawmin kāfirīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- So he turned his back on them, and said, 'O my people, I have delivered to you the Messages of my Lord, and advised you sincerely; how should I grieve for a people of unbelievers?'
- Muhammad Asad
- And he turned away from them, and said: "O my people! Indeed, I delivered unto you my Sustainer's message and gave you good advice: how, then, could I mourn for people who have denied the truth?"
- Sahih International
- And he [i.e., Shuʿayb] turned away from them and said, "O my people, I had certainly conveyed to you the messages of my Lord and advised you, so how could I grieve for a disbelieving people?"
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | فَتَوَلَّىٰfatawallā | So he turned away | ولي |
| 2 | عَنْهُمْʿanhum | from them | — |
| 3 | وَقَالَwaqāla | and said | قول |
| 4 | يَـٰقَوْمِyāqawmi | O my people | قوم |
| 5 | لَقَدْlaqad | Verily | — |
| 6 | أَبْلَغْتُكُمْablaghtukum | I (have) conveyed to you | بلغ |
| 7 | رِسَـٰلَـٰتِrisālāti | (the) Messages | رسل |
| 8 | رَبِّىrabbī | (of) my Lord | ربب |
| 9 | وَنَصَحْتُwanaṣaḥtu | and advised | نصح |
| 10 | لَكُمْ ۖlakum | [to] you | — |
| 11 | فَكَيْفَfakayfa | So how could | كيف |
| 12 | ءَاسَىٰāsā | I grieve | أسو |
| 13 | عَلَىٰʿalā | for | — |
| 14 | قَوْمٍۢqawmin | a people | قوم |
| 15 | كَـٰفِرِينَkāfirīna | (who are) disbelievers | كفر |