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Ash-Shu'ara (The Poets)

Verse 136of 227

قَالُوا۟ سَوَآءٌ عَلَيْنَآ أَوَعَظْتَ أَمْ لَمْ تَكُن مِّنَ ٱلْوَٰعِظِينَ﴿١٣٦

Translation (Sahih International)

They said, "It is all the same to us whether you advise or are not of the advisors.

Word-by-word meaning

قَالُوا۟qālūThey said
سَوَآءٌsawāon(It is) same
عَلَيْنَآʿalaynāto us
أَوَعَظْتَawaʿaẓtawhether you advise
أَمْamor
لَمْlamnot
تَكُنtakunyou are
مِّنَminaof
ٱلْوَٰعِظِينَl-wāʿiẓīnathe advisors

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Response of the People of Hud, and Their PunishmentAllah tells us how the people of Hud responded to him after he had warned them, encouraged them, and clearly explained the truth to them.قَالُواْ سَوَآءٌ عَلَيْنَآ أَوَعَظْتَ أَمْ لَمْ تَكُنْ مِّنَ الْوَعِظِينَ (They said: "It is the same to us whether you preach or be not of those who preach.") meaning, `we will not give up our ways.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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