Quran 7:88

Surah Al-A'raf, Verse 88

Verse 88 of 206 in Surah Al-A'raf (الأعراف), chapter 7 of the Quran — in Arabic with Tamil, Sinhala and English translation, tafsir and MP3 recitation.

۞ قَالَ ٱلْمَلَأُ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱسْتَكْبَرُوا۟ مِن قَوْمِهِۦ لَنُخْرِجَنَّكَ يَـٰشُعَيْبُ وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ مَعَكَ مِن قَرْيَتِنَآ أَوْ لَتَعُودُنَّ فِى مِلَّتِنَا ۚ قَالَ أَوَلَوْ كُنَّا كَـٰرِهِينَ

EnglishSaheeh International
Said the eminent ones who were arrogant among his people, "We will surely evict you, O Shuʿayb, and those who have believed with you from our city, or you must return to our religion." He said, "Even if we were unwilling?
TamilJan Trust Foundation
அவருடைய சமூகத்தினரில் பெருமை அடித்துக் கொண்டிருந்த தலைவர்கள் (அவரை நோக்கி), "ஷுஐபே! உம்மையும் உம்முடன் ஈமான் கொண்டவர்களையும், நிச்சயமாக நாங்கள் எங்கள் ஊரைவிட்டே வெளியேற்றி விடுவோம்; அல்லது நீர் எங்கள் மார்க்கத்திற்குத் திரும்பி விடவேண்டும்" என்று கூறினார்கள் - அதற்கவர், "நாங்கள் (உங்கள் மார்க்கத்தை) வெறுப்பவர்களாக இருந்தாலுமா?" என்று கேட்டார்.
SinhalaRuwwad Center
අහෝ ෂුඅයිබ්! සැබැවින් ම අපි නුඹ හා නුඹ සමඟ විශ්වාස කළවුන් අපගේ ප්‍රදේශයෙන් පිටුවහල් කරන්නෙමු. එසේ නැතහොත් නුඹ අපගේ දහම් පිළිවෙත් තුළට නැවත හැරී ආ යුතු යැයි ඔහුගේ සමූහයා අතරින් උඩඟුකම් පෑ ප්‍රධානීහු කීහ. (එවිට) ඔහු ‘අපි පිළිකුල් කරන්නන් ලෙස සිටියත්’ දැ? යි විමසුවේ ය.
UrduMaulana Muhammad Junagarhi
ان کی قوم کے متکبر سرداروں نے کہا کہ اے شعیب! ہم آپ کو اور جو آپ کے ہمراه ایمان والے ہیں ان کو اپنی بستی سے نکال دیں گے الّا یہ کہ تم ہمارے مذہب میں پھر آجاؤ ۔ شعیب (علیہ السلام) نے جواب دیا کہ کیا ہم تمہارے مذہب میں آجائیں گو ہم اس کو مکروه ہی سمجھتے ہوں۔
JapaneseRyoichi Mita
かれの民の中の高慢な長老たちは言った。「シュアイブよ,わたしたちは,あなたもあなたと一緒に信仰する者たちも,この町から追放するであろう。さもなければ,わたしたちの宗教に返るべきである。」かれは言った。「仮令わたしたちが(それを)忌み嫌っていてもなのですか。
ChineseMa Jian
他的宗族中骄傲的贵族们说:舒阿卜啊!我们一定要把你和你的信徒们逐出城外,除非你们再信我们的宗教。他说:即使我们厌恶你们的宗教,也要我们再信奉它吗?

Tafsir of 7:88

Allah describes the way the disbelievers answered His ProphetShu` ayb and those who believed in him, by threatening them withexpulsion from their village, or with forceful reversion to thedisbeliever's religion. The chiefs spoke the words mentioned here to the Messenger Shu`ayb, but intended it for those who followed his religion too. The statement, أَوَلَوْ كُنَّا كَرِهِينَ ("Even though we hate it"), means, would you force us to do that, even though we hate what you are calling us to Certainly if we revert to your religion and accept your ways, we will have uttered a tremendous lie against Allah by calling partners as rivals to Him, وَمَا يَكُونُ لَنَآ أَن نَّعُودَ فِيهَآ إِلاَ أَن يَشَآءَ اللَّهُ رَبُّنَا (And it is not for us to return to it unless Allah, our Lord, should will.) This part of the Ayah refers all matters to Allah's will, and certainly, He has perfect knowledge of all matters and His observation encompasses all things, عَلَى اللَّهِ تَوَكَّلْنَا (In Allah (Alone) we put our trust.…

Source: Ibn Kathir (Abridged)

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Quran 7:88 — Surah Al-A'raf Verse 88