Surah Al-Mu'minun · Ayah 24

Meaning of Surah Al-Mu'minun, Ayah 24

Faqala almalao allatheenakafaroo min qawmihi ma hatha illa basharunmithlukum yureedu an yatafaddala AAalaykum walaw shaaAllahu laanzala mala-ikatan ma samiAAnabihatha fee aba-ina al-awwaleen

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1. فَقَالَfaqālaBut said
2. ٱلْمَلَؤُا۟l-mala-uthe chiefs
3. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna(of) those who
4. كَفَرُوا۟kafarūdisbelieved
5. مِنminamong
6. قَوْمِهِۦqawmihihis people
7. مَاmāThis is not
8. هَـٰذَآhādhāThis is not
9. إِلَّاillābut
10. بَشَرٌۭbasharuna man
11. مِّثْلُكُمْmith'lukumlike you
12. يُرِيدُyurīduhe wishes
13. أَنanto
14. يَتَفَضَّلَyatafaḍḍalaassert (his) superiority
15. عَلَيْكُمْʿalaykumover you
16. وَلَوْwalawand if
17. شَآءَshāaAllah had willed
18. ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah had willed
19. لَأَنزَلَla-anzalasurely He (would have) sent down
20. مَلَـٰٓئِكَةًۭmalāikatanAngels
21. مَّاmāNot
22. سَمِعْنَاsamiʿ'nāwe heard
23. بِهَـٰذَاbihādhāof this
24. فِىٓfīfrom
25. ءَابَآئِنَاābāināour forefathers
26. ٱلْأَوَّلِينَl-awalīnaour forefathers