وَقَالُوٓا۟ ءَأَـٰلِهَتُنَا خَيْرٌ أَمْ هُوَ ۚ مَا ضَرَبُوهُ لَكَ إِلَّا جَدَلًۢا ۚ بَلْ هُمْ قَوْمٌ خَصِمُونَ
- EnglishSaheeh International
- And they said, "Are our gods better, or is he?" They did not present it [i.e., the comparison] except for [mere] argument. But, [in fact], they are a people prone to dispute.
- TamilJan Trust Foundation
- மேலும்; "எங்கள் தெய்வங்கள் மேலா? அல்லது அவர் மேலா?" என்றும் அவர்கள் கேட்கிறார்கள்; அவரை வீண் தர்க்கத்திற்காகவே உம்மிடம் உதாரணமாக எடுத்துக் கொள்கிறார்கள்; ஆகவே அவர்கள் விதண்டா வாதம் செய்யும் சமூகத்தாரேயாவர்.
- SinhalaRuwwad Center
- තවද “ශ්රේෂ්ඨ වනුයේ අපගේ දෙවියන් ද එසේ නැතහොත් ඔහු දැ?”යි ඔවුහු විමසුවෝ ය. තර්කයක් ලෙසින් මිස ඔවුහු එය ඔබට ඉදිරිපත් නො කළෝ ය. එසේ ය. ඔවුහු තර්ක කරන පිරිසක් වෙති.
- UrduMaulana Muhammad Junagarhi
- اور انہوں نے کہا کہ ہمارے معبود اچھے ہیں یا وه؟ تجھ سے ان کا یہ کہنا محض جھگڑے کی غرض سے ہے، بلکہ یہ لوگ ہیں ہی جھگڑالو.
- JapaneseRyoichi Mita
- そしてかれらは，「わたしたちの神々が優るのか，それともかれ（イーサー）か。」と言う。かれらがかれ（イーサー）のことを言うのは，あなたに，只議論をふりかけるためだけである。いやはや，かれらは論争好きの民であることよ。
- ChineseMa Jian
- 他们说：我们的众神灵更好呢？还是他更好呢？他们只是为强词夺理而举他为例，不然，他们是好辩的民众。
Tafsir of 43:58
The Contempt of the Quraysh for the son of Maryam, and His true Status with Allah Allah tells us how the Quraysh persisted in their disbelief and stubborn arguments: وَلَمَّا ضُرِبَ ابْنُ مَرْيَمَ مَثَلاً إِذَا قَوْمُكَ مِنْهُ يَصِدُّونَ (And when the son of Maryam is quoted as an example, behold, your people cry aloud thereat.) Several others narrated that Ibn `Abbas, may Allah be pleased with him, Mujahid, `Ikrimah, As-Suddi and Ad-Dahhak said, "They laughed, i.e., they were astounded by that." Qatadah said, "They were repelled by that, and they laughed." Ibrahim An-Nakha`i said, "They turned away." The reason for this was mentioned by Muhammad bin Ishaq in As-Sirah. He said, "According to what I have heard, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ sat down one day with Al-Walid bin Al-Mughirah in the Masjid, and An-Nadr bin Al-Harith came and sat down with them. There were also other men from the Quraysh in the gathering. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ spoke, then An-Nadr bin Al-Harith came up to him, and the Messenger of Allah spoke to him until he defeated him in argument.…
Source: Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
