Surah Ash-Shu'ara 26:154 — translation and meaning

الشعراء · Verse 154 / 227 · Page 373

مَا أَنتَ إِلَّا بَشَرٌ مِّثْلُنَا فَأْتِ بِآيَةٍ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ الصَّادِقِينَ

Word by Word

مَا
ma
Not
أَنتَ
anta
you
إِلَّا
illa
(are) except
بَشَرٌ
basharun
a man
مِّثْلُنَا
mith'luna
like us
فَأْتِ
fati
so bring
بِآيَةٍ
biayatin
a sign
إِن
in
if
كُنتَ
kunta
you
مِنَ
mina
(are) of
الصَّادِقِينَ
al-sadiqina
the truthful

Transliteration

Maaa anta illaa basharum mislunaa faati bi Aayatin in kunta minas saadiqeen

Translation

You are but a man like ourselves, so bring a sign, if you should be of the truthful."

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

“You are nothing but a human like us; you do not have any privilege over us which makes you worthy of being a Messenger, so bring a sign that proves you are a Messenger if indeed you are truthful in your claim to be one.”

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

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