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Quran 74:45

Surah Al-Muddaththir, Verse 45

Juz 29 · Page 576 · Ruku 511 · Meccan

وَكُنَّا نَخُوضُ مَعَ ٱلْخَآئِضِينَ

Word by word

وَكُنَّا wakunnā And we used to نَخُوضُ nakhūḍu indulge in vain talk مَعَ maʿa with ٱلْخَآئِضِينَ l-khāiḍīna the vain talkers

Transliteration

Wakunna nakhoodu maAAa alkha-ideen

Translations

Pickthall — Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

We used to wade (in vain dispute) with (all) waders,

Yusuf Ali — Abdullah Yusuf Ali

"But we used to talk vanities with vain talkers;

تفسير ابن كثير — Ismail ibn Kathir

أي نتكلم فيما لا نعلم وقال قتادة: كلما غوى غاو غوينا معه.

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.