Surah At-Tur 52:30 — translation and meaning

الطور · Verse 30 / 49 · Page 524

أَمْ يَقُولُونَ شَاعِرٌ نَّتَرَبَّصُ بِهِ رَيْبَ الْمَنُونِ

Word by Word

أَمْ
am
Or
يَقُولُونَ
yaquluna
(do) they say
شَاعِرٌ
sha'irun
A poet
نَّتَرَبَّصُ
natarabbasu
we wait
بِهِ
bihi
for him
رَيْبَ
rayba
a misfortune of time
الْمَنُونِ
al-manuni
a misfortune of time

Transliteration

Am yaqooloona shaa'irun natarabbasu bihee raibal manoon

Translation

Or do they say [of you], "A poet for whom we await a misfortune of time?"

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

Do these idolaters say: “Muhammad is not a messenger, but he is a poet whom we await death to seize so we can be relieved of him”?

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

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