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  • وَٱنطَلَقَ And went forth
  • ٱلۡمَلَأُ the chiefs
  • مِنۡهُمۡ among them
  • أَنِ that
  • ٱمۡشُواْ Continue
  • وَٱصۡبِرُواْ and be patient
  • عَلَىٰٓ over
  • ءَالِهَتِكُمۡۖ your gods
  • إِنَّ Indeed
  • هَٰذَا this
  • لَشَيۡءٞ (is) certainly a thing
  • يُرَادُ intended
And the eminent among them went forth, [saying], "Continue, and be patient over [the defense of] your gods. Indeed, this is a thing intended.1
Footnotes
1 - Planned by Prophet Muḥammad (ﷺ) in order to gain influence and prestige for himself.
And the council from among them go about, from the place of their assembly at the house of Aboo Taalib and [the place] where they heard the Prophet may peace and salutation be upon him say, 'Say: there is no god except God', saying, 'Go!, they say to one another, go, and stand by your gods, adhere firmly to worship of them; lo! this, that has been mentioned concerning the Oneness of God, is indeed a thing sought, from us.