Surah Al-Mu'minun — Verse 47

The Believers · 23:47 · 47/118

فَقَالُوٓا۟ أَنُؤْمِنُ لِبَشَرَيْنِ مِثْلِنَا وَقَوْمُهُمَا لَنَا عَـٰبِدُونَ

Faqaloo anu'minu libasharayni mithlinawaqawmuhuma lana AAabidoon

Verse recitation

Translations of this verse 7

Saheeh International

They said, "Should we believe two men like ourselves while their people are for us in servitude?"

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

They said, ‘Are we to believe in two mortals like us? And their people are our servants?’

Marmaduke Pickthall

And they said: Shall we put faith in two mortals like ourselves, and whose folk are servile unto us?

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

They said: "Shall we believe in two men like ourselves? And their people are subject to us!"

Mufti Taqi Usmani

So they said, “shall we believe in two humans who are like ourselves and whose people are serving us as slaves?”

Al-Hilali & Khan

They said: "Shall we believe in two men like ourselves, and their people are obedient to us with humility (and we use them to serve us as we like)."

Abul A'la Maududi (Tafhim)

They said: "Shall we put faith in two mortals like ourselves when their people are slaves to us?"