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Quran 21:54

Surah Al-Anbiyaa, Verse 54

Juz 17 · Page 326 · Ruku 282 · Meccan

قَالَ لَقَدْ كُنتُمْ أَنتُمْ وَءَابَآؤُكُمْ فِى ضَلَٰلٍ مُّبِينٍ

Word by word

قَالَ qāla He said لَقَدْ laqad Verily كُنتُمْ kuntum you are أَنتُمْ antum [you] وَءَابَآؤُكُمْ waābāukum and your forefathers فِى fī (were) in ضَلَـٰلٍۢ ḍalālin an error مُّبِينٍۢ mubīnin manifest

Transliteration

Qala laqad kuntum antum waabaokumfee dalalin mubeen

Translations

Pickthall — Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

He said: Verily ye and your fathers were in plain error.

Yusuf Ali — Abdullah Yusuf Ali

He said, "Indeed ye have been in manifest error - ye and your fathers."

تفسير ابن كثير — Ismail ibn Kathir

ولهذا قال : ( لقد كنتم أنتم وآباؤكم في ضلال مبين ) أي : الكلام مع آبائكم الذين احتججتم بصنيعهم كالكلام معكم ، فأنتم وهم في ضلال على غير الطريق المستقيم .

فلما سفه أحلامهم ، وضلل آباءهم ، واحتقر آلهتهم

Arabic text: Tanzil Uthmani 1.1 — Tanzil — non-commercial redistribution with attribution.
Translation: Pickthall by Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall — Public domain.
Translation: Yusuf Ali by Abdullah Yusuf Ali — Public domain.
Commentary: تفسير ابن كثير — Public domain.
Word-by-word data via Quran Foundation. Linguistic annotation: the Quranic Arabic Corpus.