Quran 23:33

Surah Al-Muminoon, Verse 33

Juz 18 · Page 344 · Ruku 297 · Meccan

وَقَالَ ٱلْمَلَأُ مِن قَوْمِهِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ وَكَذَّبُوا۟ بِلِقَآءِ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ وَأَتْرَفْنَٰهُمْ فِى ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا مَا هَٰذَآ إِلَّا بَشَرٌ مِّثْلُكُمْ يَأْكُلُ مِمَّا تَأْكُلُونَ مِنْهُ وَيَشْرَبُ مِمَّا تَشْرَبُونَ

Word by word

وَقَالَ waqāla And said ٱلْمَلَأُ l-mala-u the chiefs مِن min of قَوْمِهِ qawmihi his people ٱلَّذِينَ alladhīna who كَفَرُوا۟ kafarū disbelieved وَكَذَّبُوا۟ wakadhabū and denied بِلِقَآءِ biliqāi (the) meeting ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ l-ākhirati (of) the Hereafter وَأَتْرَفْنَـٰهُمْ wa-atrafnāhum while We had given them luxury فِى fī in ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ l-ḥayati the life ٱلدُّنْيَا l-dun'yā (of) the world مَا mā Not هَـٰذَآ hādhā (is) this إِلَّا illā but بَشَرٌۭ basharun a man مِّثْلُكُمْ mith'lukum like you يَأْكُلُ yakulu He eats مِمَّا mimmā of what تَأْكُلُونَ takulūna you eat مِنْهُ min'hu [from it] وَيَشْرَبُ wayashrabu and he drinks مِمَّا mimmā of what تَشْرَبُونَ tashrabūna you drink

Transliteration

Waqala almalao min qawmihi allatheenakafaroo wakaththaboo biliqa-i al-akhiratiwaatrafnahum fee alhayati addunyama hatha illa basharun mithlukum ya/kulumimma ta/kuloona minhu wayashrabu mimma tashraboon

Translations

Pickthall — Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

And the chieftains of his folk, who disbelieved and denied the meeting of the Hereafter, and whom We had made soft in the life of the world, said: This is only a mortal like you, who eateth of that whereof ye eat and drinketh of that ye drink.

Yusuf Ali — Abdullah Yusuf Ali

And the chiefs of his people, who disbelieved and denied the Meeting in the Hereafter, and on whom We had bestowed the good things of this life, said: "He is no more than a man like yourselves: he eats of that of which ye eat, and drinks of what ye drink.

تفسير ابن كثير — Ismail ibn Kathir

فكذبوه وخالفوه وأبوا عن اتباعه لكونه بشرا مثلهم واستنكفوا عن اتباع رسول بشري وكذبوا بلقاء الله في القيامة وأنكروا المعاد الجثماني.