هُود : ٦٢

  • قَالُواْ They said
  • يَٰصَٰلِحُ O Salih
  • قَدۡ Verily
  • كُنتَ you were
  • فِينَا among us
  • مَرۡجُوّٗا the one in whom hope was placed
  • قَبۡلَ before
  • هَٰذَآۖ this
  • أَتَنۡهَىٰنَآ Do you forbid us
  • أَن that
  • نَّعۡبُدَ we worship
  • مَا what
  • يَعۡبُدُ worshipped
  • ءَابَآؤُنَا our forefathers
  • وَإِنَّنَا And indeed we
  • لَفِي surely (are) in
  • شَكّٖ doubt
  • مِّمَّا about what
  • تَدۡعُونَآ you call us
  • إِلَيۡهِ to it
  • مُرِيبٖ suspicious
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."
They said, 'O Saalih, you had been one of promise among us, that is to say, we had hoped that you would become [our] chief, before this, that has issued from you. Do you forbid us to worship what our fathers worshipped?, in the way of graven images? Truly we are in grave doubt, [doubt] creating [great] uncertainty, concerning that to which you are calling us', in the way of [affirming] God's Oneness.