إِذْ قَالَ لِقَوْمِهِۦٓ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ
- EnglishSaheeh International
- When he said to his people, "Will you not fear Allāh?
- TamilJan Trust Foundation
- அவர் தம் சமூகத்தவரிடம்; "நீங்கள் (இறைவனை) அஞ்ச மாட்டீர்களா?" என்று (போதித்துச்) சொல்லியதை (நினைவு கூர்வீராக).
- SinhalaRuwwad Center
- “නුඹලා බැතිමත් නො වන්නෙහු දැ”යි ඔහු තම ජනයාට පැවසූ අවස්ථාව සිහියට නගනු.
- UrduMaulana Muhammad Junagarhi
- جب کہ انہوں نے اپنی قوم سے فرمایا کہ تم اللہ سے ڈرتے نہیں ہو؟
- JapaneseRyoichi Mita
- かれがその民にこう言った時を思え。「あなたがたは主を畏れないのですか。
- ChineseMa Jian
- 当时，他对他的宗族说：难道你们不敬畏真主吗？
Tafsir of 37:124
إِذْ قَالَ لِقَوْمِهِ أَلاَ تَتَّقُونَ (When he said to his people: "Will you not have Taqwa") means, `do you not fear Allah when you worship others instead of Him' أَتَدْعُونَ بَعْلاً وَتَذَرُونَ أَحْسَنَ الْخَلِقِينَ (Will you call upon Ba`l and forsake the Best of creators,) Ibn `Abbas, may Allah be pleased with him, Mujahid, `Ikrimah, Qatadah and As-Suddi said that the word Ba`l means lord. `Ikrimah and Qatadah said, "This is the language of the people of Yemen." According to another report from Qatadah, it is the language of Azd Shanu'ah. `Abdur-Rahman bin Zayd bin Aslam narrated from his father that it is the name of an idol which was worshipped by the people of a city called Ba`labak (Baalbek) which is to the west of Damascus.…
Source: Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
