سورة الأعراف، الآية ٦٠
قَالَ ٱلْمَلَأُ مِن قَوْمِهِۦٓ إِنَّا لَنَرَىٰكَ فِى ضَلَٰلٍ مُّبِينٍ ٦٠
qāla l-mala-u min qawmihi innā lanarāka fī ḍalālin mubīnin
Said the eminent among his people, "Indeed, we see you in clear error."
Verse 60 of Surah Al-A’raf (7:60), a Meccan surah, is in juz 8, on page 158 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 72 reciters.
78 recitations by 72 reciters: pick one and it plays in the player.
The leaders and notables among his people said: 'O Noah! Indeed we think you are in clear error.
The chiefs of his people said, “We certainly see that you are clearly misguided.”
The leaders of his people said: "Verily, we see you in plain error."
The chieftains of his people said: Lo! we see thee surely in plain error.
The leaders of his people said: "Ah! we see thee evidently wandering (in mind)."
The chiefs of his people said: Most surely we see you in clear error.
The chiefs of his people said, "Surely we indeed see you in evident error."
وَإِذَا رَأَوْهُمْ قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ لَضَآلُّونَ
And when they saw them, they would say, "Indeed, those are truly lost."
وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لِلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ لَوْ كَانَ خَيْرًا مَّا سَبَقُونَآ إِلَيْهِ وَإِذْ لَمْ يَهْتَدُوا۟ بِهِۦ فَسَيَقُولُونَ هَٰذَآ إِفْكٌ قَدِيمٌ
And those who disbelieve say of those who believe, "If it had [truly] been good, they would not have preceded us to it." And when they are not guided by it, they will say, "This is an ancient falsehood."
They share a sequence of words with this verse: useful for telling them apart when memorising.
قَالَ ٱلْمَلَأُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ مِن قَوْمِهِۦٓ إِنَّا لَنَرَىٰكَ فِى سَفَاهَةٍ وَإِنَّا لَنَظُنُّكَ مِنَ ٱلْكَٰذِبِينَ
Said the eminent ones who disbelieved among his people, "Indeed, we see you in foolishness, and indeed, we think you are of the liars."
