سورة الذاريات، الآية ٥٣
أَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِهِۦ بَلْ هُمْ قَوْمٌ طَاغُونَ ٥٣
atawāṣaw bihi bal hum qawmun ṭāghūna
Did they suggest it to them?1547 Rather, they [themselves] are a transgressing people.
[1547] i.e., Did the former disbelievers pass on these words to the Makkans so that they repeat the same expressions?
Verse 53 of Surah Adh-Dhariyat (51:53), a Meccan surah, is in juz 27, on page 523 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 74 reciters.
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Did the predecessors amongst the disbelievers and the latter amongst them bequest one another to deny the messengers? No, but rather their transgression has united them on this.
Did they suggest this to one another17? Rather they are transgressing people.
[17] i.e., Did the previous disbelievers pass on these false allegations to the pagans of Makkah so they repeat their words?
Have they (the people of the past) transmitted this saying to these (Quraish pagans)? Nay, they are themselves a people transgressing beyond bounds (in disbelief)!
Have they handed down (the saying) as an heirloom one unto another? Nay, but they are froward folk.
Is this the legacy they have transmitted, one to another? Nay, they are themselves a people transgressing beyond bounds!
Have they charged each other with this? Nay! they are an inordinate people.
Have they enjoined (this saying) one to another? No indeed, (but) they are an inordinate people.
