Surah Al-A'raf 7:90 — translation and meaning

الأعراف · Verse 90 / 206 · Page 162

وَقَالَ الْمَلَأُ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا مِن قَوْمِهِ لَئِنِ اتَّبَعْتُمْ شُعَيْبًا إِنَّكُمْ إِذًا لَّخَاسِرُونَ

Word by Word

وَقَالَ
waqala
And said
الْمَلَأُ
al-mala-u
the chiefs
الَّذِينَ
alladhina
(of) those who
كَفَرُوا
kafaru
disbelieved
مِن
min
among
قَوْمِهِ
qawmihi
his people
لَئِنِ
la-ini
If
اتَّبَعْتُمْ
ittaba'tum
you follow
شُعَيْبًا
shu'ayban
Shuaib
إِنَّكُمْ
innakum
indeed you
إِذًا
idhan
then
لَّخَاسِرُونَ
lakhasiruna
(will be) certainly losers

Transliteration

Wa qaalal mala ul lazeena kafaroo min qawmihee la'init taba'tum Shu'aiban innakum izal lakhaasiroon

Translation

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

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

The important people and leaders of his people who refused the call to believe in the Oneness of Allah, warned people against Shu’ayb and his faith, saying: 'O people, if you follow Shu’ayb’s path, leaving the way of life of our ancestors, you would certainly find ruin through doing so.'

Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.

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