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Surah Hud, Verse 53

سورة هود، الآية ٥٣

11:53 Juz 12 Hizb 23 Page 227 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 11:53

قَالُوا۟ يَٰهُودُ مَا جِئْتَنَا بِبَيِّنَةٍ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِتَارِكِىٓ ءَالِهَتِنَا عَن قَوْلِكَ وَمَا نَحْنُ لَكَ بِمُؤْمِنِينَ ۝٥٣

Transliteration

qālū yāhūdu mā ji'tanā bibayyinatin wamā naḥnu bitārikī ālihatinā ʿan qawlika wamā naḥnu laka bimu'minīna

Translation

They said, "O Hūd, you have not brought us clear evidence, and we are not ones to leave our gods on your say-so. Nor are we believers in you.

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Verse 53 of Surah Hud (11:53), a Meccan surah, is in juz 12, on page 227 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 73 reciters.

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Al-Mukhtasar

Hūd’s people said to him that he had not brought them clear proof that would make them believe him. They said that they would not abandon their gods because of his word alone without proof, and that they did not believe him in his claim that he was a messenger.

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Other translations of verse 53

They said, “O Hūd, you have not brought us any clear evidence, and we will not forsake our gods on account of what you say, nor will we believe in you.

They said: "O Hûd! No evidence have you brought us, and we shall not leave our gods for your (mere) saying! And we are not believers in you.

They said: O Hud! Thou hast brought us no clear proof and we are not going to forsake our gods on thy (mere) saying, and we are not believers in thee.

They said: "O Hud! No Clear (Sign) that hast thou brought us, and we are not the ones to desert our gods on thy word! Nor shall we believe in thee!

They said: O Hud! you have not brought to us any clear argument and we are not going to desert our gods for your word, and we are not believers in you:

They said, "O Hûd, in no way have you come to us with a Supreme evidence, and in no way will we leave our gods for what you say; (Literally: for your saying) and in no way are we believers (with) you.

Verse 53 word by word

  1. قَالُوا۟ qālū They said ق و ل
  2. يَٰهُودُ yāhūdu O Hud ه و د
  3. مَا mā You have not brought us
  4. جِئْتَنَا ji'tanā You have not brought us ج ي أ
  5. بِبَيِّنَةٍ bibayyinatin clear proofs ب ي ن
  6. وَمَا wamā and not
  7. نَحْنُ naḥnu we
  8. بِتَارِكِىٓ bitārikī (will) leave ت ر ك
  9. ءَالِهَتِنَا ālihatinā our gods أ ل ه
  10. عَن ʿan on
  11. قَوْلِكَ qawlika your saying ق و ل
  12. وَمَا wamā and not
  13. نَحْنُ naḥnu we (are)
  14. لَكَ laka in you
  15. بِمُؤْمِنِينَ bimu'minīna believers أ م ن

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