قَالُوا۟ رَبُّنَا يَعْلَمُ إِنَّآ إِلَيْكُمْ لَمُرْسَلُونَ
- EnglishSaheeh International
- They said, "Our Lord knows that we are messengers to you,
- TamilJan Trust Foundation
- (இதற்கு அவர்கள்;) "நிச்சயமாக நாங்கள் உங்களிடம் அனுப்பப்பட்டுள்ளவர்கள் என்பதை எங்கள் இறைவன் நன்கறிவான்" என்று கூறினர்.
- SinhalaRuwwad Center
- “නියත වශයෙන් ම අපි නුඹලා වෙත එවනු ලැබූවන් බව අපගේ පරමාධිපති දනී” යැයි ඔවුහු (රසූල්වරුන්) පැවසූහ.
- UrduMaulana Muhammad Junagarhi
- ان (رسولوں) نے کہا ہمارا پروردگار جانتا ہے کہ بےشک ہم تمہارے پاس بھیجے گئے ہیں.
- JapaneseRyoichi Mita
- かれら（使徒）は言った。「わたしたちが，実際あなたがたに遣わされた者であることは，主が御存知です。
- ChineseMa Jian
- 他们说：我们的主知道，我们确是被派遣来教化你们的，
Tafsir of 36:16
The Story of the Dwellers of the Town and Their Messengers, a Lesson that Those Who belied Their Messengers were Destroyed Allah says, `O Muhammad, tell your people who disbelieve in you,' مَّثَلاً أَصْحَبَ القَرْيَةِ إِذْ جَآءَهَا الْمُرْسَلُونَ (a similitude; the Dwellers of the Town, when there came Messengers to them.) In the reports that he transmitted from Ibn `Abbas, Ka`b Al-Ahbar and Wahb bin Munabbih - Ibn Ishaq reported that it was the city of Antioch, in which there was a king called Antiochus the son of Antiochus the son of Antiochus, who used to worship idols. Allah sent to him three Messengers, whose names were Sadiq, Saduq and Shalum, and he disbelieved in them. It was also narrated from Buraydah bin Al-Husayb, `Ikrimah, Qatadah and Az-Zuhri that it was Antioch. Some of the Imams were not sure that it was Antioch, as we shall see below after telling the rest of the story, if Allah wills. إِذْ أَرْسَلْنَآ إِلَيْهِمُ اثْنَيْنِ فَكَذَّبُوهُمَا (When We sent to them two Messengers, they denied them both;) means, they hastened to disbelieve in them.…
Source: Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
