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Al-A'raf (The Heights)

Verse 90of 206

وَقَالَ ٱلْمَلَأُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ مِن قَوْمِهِۦ لَئِنِ ٱتَّبَعْتُمْ شُعَيْبًا إِنَّكُمْ إِذًۭا لَّخَٰسِرُونَ﴿٩٠

Translation (Sahih International)

Said the eminent ones who disbelieved among his people, "If you should follow Shu'ayb, indeed, you would then be losers."

Word-by-word meaning

وَقَالَwaqālaAnd said
ٱلْمَلَأُl-mala-uthe chiefs
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna(of) those who
كَفَرُوا۟kafarūdisbelieved
مِنminamong
قَوْمِهِۦqawmihihis people
لَئِنِla-iniIf
ٱتَّبَعْتُمْittabaʿtumyou follow
شُعَيْبًاshuʿaybanShuaib
إِنَّكُمْinnakumindeed, you
إِذًۭاidhanthen
لَّخَـٰسِرُونَlakhāsirūna(will be) certainly losers

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

لَئِنِ اتَّبَعْتُمْ شُعَيْبًا إِنَّكُمْ إِذاً لَّخَـسِرُونَ("If you follow Shu`ayb, be sure then you will be the losers!") Allah answered them, فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ الرَّجْفَةُ فَأَصْبَحُواْ فِي دَارِهِمْ جَـثِمِينَ (So the earthquake seized them and they lay (dead), prostrate in their homes) Allah said that the earthquake shook them, as punishment for threatening to expel Shu`ayb and his followers.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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