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Scholarly commentary explaining a verse — its context, its meaning and how the scholars have understood it.

Hud 11:62

Word by word

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

They said, "O Ṣāliḥ, you were among us a man of promise before this. Do you forbid us to worship what our fathers worshipped? And indeed we are, about that to which you invite us, in disquieting doubt."

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Tafsir Muyassar

Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Saudi Arabia

قالت ثمود لنبيِّهم صالح: لقد كنا نرجو أن تكون فينا سيدًا مطاعًا قبل هذا القول الذي قلته لنا، أتنهانا أن نعبد الآلهة التي كان يعبدها آباؤنا؟ وإننا لفي شكٍّ مريب مِن دعوتك لنا إلى عبادة الله وحده.

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