Surah Fussilat 41:26 — translation and meaning

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وَقَالَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا لَا تَسْمَعُوا لِهَذَا الْقُرْآنِ وَالْغَوْا فِيهِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَغْلِبُونَ

Word by Word

وَقَالَ
waqala
And said
الَّذِينَ
alladhina
those who
كَفَرُوا
kafaru
disbelieve
لَا
la
(Do) not
تَسْمَعُوا
tasma'u
listen
لِهَذَا
lihadha
to this
الْقُرْآنِ
al-qur'ani
Quran
وَالْغَوْا
wal-ghaw
and make noise
فِيهِ
fihi
therein
لَعَلَّكُمْ
la'allakum
that you may
تَغْلِبُونَ
taghlibuna
overcome

Transliteration

Wa qaalal lazeena kafaroo laa tasma'oo lihaazal Quraani walghaw feehi la'allakum taghlihoon

Translation

And those who disbelieve say, "Do not listen to this Qur'an and speak noisily during [the recitation of] it that perhaps you will overcome."

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

When they became helpless in countering evidence with evidence, the disbelievers said, urging one another, “Do not listen to this Qur’ān that Muhammad recites to you and do not submit to it, rather, shout and raise your voices when he recites it to you so that perhaps you can gain the upper hand over him and he stops reciting and calling towards it, then we will be relieved of him.”

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

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