Surah Az-Zukhruf 43:58 — translation and meaning
الزخرف · Verse 58 / 89 · Page 493
ۚ ۚ وَقَالُوا أَآلِهَتُنَا خَيْرٌ أَمْ هُوَ مَا ضَرَبُوهُ لَكَ إِلَّا جَدَلًا بَلْ هُمْ قَوْمٌ خَصِمُونَ
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وَقَالُوا
waqalu
And they said
أَآلِهَتُنَا
aalihatuna
Are our gods
خَيْرٌ
khayrun
better
أَمْ
am
or
هُوَ
huwa
he
مَا
ma
Not
ضَرَبُوهُ
darabuhu
they present it
لَكَ
laka
to you
إِلَّا
illa
except
جَدَلًا
jadalan
(for) argument
بَلْ
bal
Nay
هُمْ
hum
they
قَوْمٌ
qawmun
(are) a people
خَصِمُونَ
khasimuna
argumentative
Transliteration
Wa qaalooo 'a-aalihatunaa khairun am hoo; maa daraboohu laka illaa jadalaa; balhum qawmun khasimoon
Translation
And they said, "Are your gods better, or is he?" They did not present the comparison except for [mere] argument. But, [in fact], they are a people prone to dispute.
Verse interpretation (Tafsir)
And they say, “Are our deities better or is Jesus better?” Ibn Al-Ziba‘rā and others did not draw up this comparison in love of hope in reaching the truth, rather in love of argumentation. They are a nation quarrelsome in nature.
Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.
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