Quran 11:62

Surah Hud, Verse 62

Juz 12 · Page 228 · Ruku 188 · Meccan

قَالُوا۟ يَٰصَٰلِحُ قَدْ كُنتَ فِينَا مَرْجُوًّا قَبْلَ هَٰذَآ أَتَنْهَىٰنَآ أَن نَّعْبُدَ مَا يَعْبُدُ ءَابَآؤُنَا وَإِنَّنَا لَفِى شَكٍّ مِّمَّا تَدْعُونَآ إِلَيْهِ مُرِيبٍ

Word by word

قَالُوا۟ qālū They said يَـٰصَـٰلِحُ yāṣāliḥu O Salih قَدْ qad Verily كُنتَ kunta you were فِينَا fīnā among us مَرْجُوًّۭا marjuwwan the one in whom hope was placed قَبْلَ qabla before هَـٰذَآ ۖ hādhā this أَتَنْهَىٰنَآ atanhānā Do you forbid us أَن an that نَّعْبُدَ naʿbuda we worship مَا mā what يَعْبُدُ yaʿbudu our forefathers worshipped ءَابَآؤُنَا ābāunā our forefathers worshipped وَإِنَّنَا wa-innanā And indeed we لَفِى lafī surely (are) in شَكٍّۢ shakkin doubt مِّمَّا mimmā about what تَدْعُونَآ tadʿūnā you call us إِلَيْهِ ilayhi to it مُرِيبٍۢ murībin suspicious

Transliteration

Qaloo ya salihuqad kunta feena marjuwwan qabla hatha atanhanaan naAAbuda ma yaAAbudu abaonawa-innana lafee shakkin mimma tadAAoonailayhi mureeb

Translations

Pickthall — Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

They said: O Salih! Thou hast been among us hitherto as that wherein our hope was placed. Dost thou ask us not to worship what our fathers worshipped? Lo! we verily are in grave doubt concerning that to which thou callest us.

Yusuf Ali — Abdullah Yusuf Ali

They said: "O Salih! thou hast been of us! a centre of our hopes hitherto! dost thou (now) forbid us the worship of what our fathers worshipped? But we are really in suspicious (disquieting) doubt as to that to which thou invitest us."

تفسير ابن كثير — Ismail ibn Kathir

يذكر تعالى ما كان من الكلام بين صالح ، عليه السلام ، وبين قومه ، وما كان عليه قومه من الجهل والعناد في قولهم : ( قد كنت فينا مرجوا قبل هذا ) أي : كنا نرجوك في عقلك قبل أن تقول ما قلت! ( أتنهانا أن نعبد ما يعبد آباؤنا ) وما كان عليه أسلافنا ، ( وإننا لفي شك مما تدعونا إليه مريب ) أي : [ في ] شك كثير .