Surah Ash-Shu'ara 26:199 — translation and meaning
الشعراء · Verse 199 / 227 · Page 375
فَقَرَأَهُ عَلَيْهِم مَّا كَانُوا بِهِ مُؤْمِنِينَ
Word by Word
فَقَرَأَهُ
faqara-ahu
And he (had) recited it
عَلَيْهِم
alayhim
to them
مَّا
ma
not
كَانُوا
kanu
they would
بِهِ
bihi
in it
مُؤْمِنِينَ
mu'minina
(be) believers
Transliteration
Faqara ahoo 'alaihim maa kaanoo bihee mu'mineen
Translation
And he had recited it to them [perfectly], they would [still] not have been believers in it.
Verse interpretation (Tafsir)
And then they were to read it to them, they would not become believers, because they would say, “I do not understand it!” So they should praise Allah that it was revealed in their language.
Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.
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