Sam Gerrans - The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

They said: “O Shuʿayb: does thy duty command thee that we leave what our fathers served, or that we do not with our wealth what we will? Thou art the clement, the right-minded!”

قَالُوا يَا شُعَيْبُ اَصَلٰوتُكَ تَأْمُرُكَ اَنْ نَتْرُكَ مَا يَعْبُدُ اٰبَٓاؤُ۬نَٓا اَوْ اَنْ نَفْعَلَ ف۪ٓي اَمْوَالِنَا مَا نَشٰٓؤُ۬اۜ اِنَّكَ لَاَنْتَ الْحَل۪يمُ الرَّش۪يدُ
Qaloo ya shuAAaybu asalatukata/muruka an natruka ma yaAAbudu abaonaaw an nafAAala fee amwalina ma nashaoinnaka laanta alhaleemu arrasheed
#wordmeaningroot
1qālūThey saidقول
2yāshuʿaybuO Shuaib
3aṣalatukaDoes your salatصلو
4tamurukacommand youامر
5anthat
6natrukawe leaveترك
7what
8yaʿbuduworshipعبد
9ābāunāour forefathersابو
10awor
11anthat
12nafʿalawe doفعل
13concerning
14amwālināour wealthمول
15what
16nashāuwe willشيا
17innakaIndeed you
18la-antasurely you
19l-ḥalīmu(are) the forbearingحلم
20l-rashīduthe right-mindedرشد
  • Aisha Bewley

    They said, ‘Shu‘ayb, do your prayers instruct you that we should abandon what our fathers worshipped or stop doing whatever we want to with our wealth? You are clearly the forbearing, the rightly-guided!’

  • Progressive Muslims

    They said: "O Shu'ayb, does your contact-method order you that we leave what our fathers served, or that we do not do with our money as we please You are the compassionate, the sane!"

  • Shabbir Ahmed

    They said, "O Shoaib! (We had thought that your religion was only a matter between you and your Lord). Does your Salat command that we should forsake the worship that our fathers practiced? Or, that we leave off doing what we like to do with our economy? Behold, you want us to think that you are the only clement, and the rightly guided man among us."

  • Sam Gerrans The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

    They said: “O Shuʿayb: does thy duty command thee that we leave what our fathers served, or that we do not with our wealth what we will? Thou art the clement, the right-minded!”

  • The Monotheist Group The Quran: A Monotheist Translation

    They said: "O Shu'ayb, does your contact prayer order you that we leave what our fathers served, or that we do not do with our money as we please? It seems only you are the compassionate, the wise!"

  • Edip-Layth Quran: A Reformist Translation

    They said, "O Shuayb, does your contact prayer order you that we leave what our fathers served, or that we do not do with our money as we please? You are the compassionate, the sane!"

  • Rashad Khalifa The Final Testament

    They said, "O Shu'aib, does your religion dictate upon you that we must abandon our parents' religion, or running our businesses in any manner we choose? Surely, you are known for being clement, wise."

  • Mohamed Ahmed - Samira

    They said: "O Shu'aib, does your piety teach that we should abandon what our fathers worshipped, or desist from doing what we like with our goods? How gracious a man of discernment you are indeed!"

  • Sahih International (Umm Muhammad, Mary Kennedy, Amatullah Bantley)

    They said, "O Shu'ayb, does your prayer command you that we should leave what our fathers worship or not do with our wealth what we please? Indeed, you are the forbearing, the discerning!"

  • Muhammad Asad

    Said they: "O Shu'ayb! Does thy praying compel thee to demand of us that we give up all that our forefathers were wont to worship, or that we refrain from doing whatever we please with our possessions? Behold, thou art indeed the only clement, the only right-minded man!"

  • Marmaduke Pickthall

    They said: O Shu'eyb! Doth thy way of prayer command thee that we should forsake that which our fathers (used to) worship, or that we (should leave off) doing what we will with our own property. Lo! thou art the mild, the guide to right behaviour.

  • Abul A'la Maududi Tafhim commentary

    They replied: 'O Shu'ayb! Does your Prayer enjoin upon you that we should forsake the deities whom our forefathers worshipped, or that we should give up using our wealth as we please? Do you fancy that you, and only you, are forbearing and right-directed?'

  • Abdel Khalek Himmat Al- Muntakhab

    Thus still they said to him: "Do your prayers, O Shuaib, and system of faith enjoin you to induce us to renounce Our father's system of faith and worship or that we must not use our money at will nor do with it what we will!". But we have always thought you were AL-Halim (the forbearing) and AL-Rashid (a man of min

  • Bijan Moeinian

    They replied: "Tell us Shu’aib, does your kind of worshipping the Lord mean that we have to abandon our forefathers’ religion and that we should give up our freedom of choice in the manner that we trade or do whatever we want with our properties? Then you are the only generous (,liberal, romantic) and righteous man "

  • Al-Hilali & Khan

    They said: "O Shu‘aib! Does your Salât (prayer) command that we give up what our fathers used to worship, or that we give up doing what we like with our property? Verily, you are the forbearer, right-minded!" (They said this sarcastically).

  • Abdullah Yusuf Ali

    They said: "O Shu'aib! Does thy (religion of) prayer command thee that we leave off the worship which our fathers practised, or that we leave off doing what we like with our property? truly, thou art the one that forbeareth with faults and is right-minded!"

  • Mustafa Khattab The Clear Quran

    They asked ˹sarcastically˺, "O Shu’aib! Does your prayer command you that we should abandon what our forefathers worshipped or give up managing our wealth as we please? Indeed, you are such a tolerant, sensible man!"

  • Taqi Usmani

    They said, "O Shu‘aib, does your Salāh (prayer) command you that we should forsake what our fathers used to worship or that we should not deal with our wealth as we please? You pretend to be the only man of wisdom and guidance."

  • Abdul Haleem

    They said, ‘Shuayb, does your prayer tell you that we should abandon what our forefathers worshipped and refrain from doing whatever we please with our own property? Indeed you are a tolerant and sensible man.’

  • Arthur John Arberry

    They said, 'Shuaib, does thy prayer command thee that we should leave that our fathers served, or to do as we will with our goods? Thou art the clement one, the right-minded. '

  • E. Henry Palmer

    They said, 'O Shohaib! Do thy prayers bid thee that we should forsake what our fathers served, or that we should not do as we please with our wealth? Thou art, forsooth, the clement and straightforward one!'

  • Hamid S. Aziz

    "That which Allah leaves for you is better for you if you be believers. But I am not a guardian (or keeper) over you."

  • Mahmoud Ghali

    They said, "O Shuaayb, does your prayer command you that we should leave what our fathers worshiped, or (leave) performing as we decide with our riches? Surely you are indeed the one who is the most-forbearing, the (most) right-minded. "

  • George Sale

    They answered, O Shoaib, do thy prayers enjoin thee, that we should leave the gods which our fathers worshipped; or that we should not do what we please with our substance? Thou only, it seems, art the wise person, and fit to direct.

  • Syed Vickar Ahamed

    They said: "O Shu’aib! Does your prayer order you that we stop the worship our fathers practiced, or that we stop doing what we like with our property? Truly, you are the one who forgives (our) faults, and are right-minded!"

  • Amatul Rahman Omar

    They said, `O Shu`aib! does your prayer enjoin you that we should give up what our fathers worshipped or (does it bid you) that we cease to do with our possessions as we like? You (O Shu`aib!) are you (so to say,) the only intelligent and the right-directing one?'

  • Ali Quli Qarai

    They said, ‘O Shu‘ayb, does your worship require that we abandon what our fathers have been worshiping, or that we should not do with our wealth whatever we wish? You are indeed gentle and sensible . ’