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قَالُوا۟ يَٰصَٰلِحُ قَدْ كُنتَ فِينَا مَرْجُوًّۭا قَبْلَ هَٰذَآ ۖ أَتَنْهَىٰنَآ أَن نَّعْبُدَ مَا يَعْبُدُ ءَابَآؤُنَا وَإِنَّنَا لَفِى شَكٍّۢ مِّمَّا تَدْعُونَآ إِلَيْهِ مُرِيبٍۢ﴿٦٢

Translation (Sahih International)

They said, "O Salih, you were among us a man of promise before this. Do you forbid us to worship what our fathers worshipped? And indeed we are, about that to which you invite us, in disquieting doubt."

Word-by-word meaning

قَالُوا۟qālūThey said
يَـٰصَـٰلِحُyāṣāliḥuO Salih
قَدْqadVerily
كُنتَkuntayou were
فِينَاfīnāamong us
مَرْجُوًّۭاmarjuwwanthe one in whom hope was placed
قَبْلَqablabefore
هَـٰذَآ ۖhādhāthis
أَتَنْهَىٰنَآatanhānāDo you forbid us
أَنanthat
نَّعْبُدَnaʿbudawe worship
مَاwhat
يَعْبُدُyaʿbuduour forefathers worshipped
ءَابَآؤُنَاābāunāour forefathers worshipped
وَإِنَّنَاwa-innanāAnd indeed we
لَفِىlafīsurely (are) in
شَكٍّۢshakkindoubt
مِّمَّاmimmāabout what
تَدْعُونَآtadʿūnāyou call us
إِلَيْهِilayhito it
مُرِيبٍۢmurībinsuspicious

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Conversation between Salih and the People of ThamudAllah, the Exalted, mentions what transpired in the discussion between Salih and his people. Allah informs of their ignorance and obstinacy in their statement, قَدْ كُنتَ فِينَا مَرْجُوًّا قَبْلَ هَـذَا(You have been among us as a figure of good hope till this!) They were saying in this, "We had hope in your strong intellect before you began saying what you have said.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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