Surah Ya-Sin 36:18 — translation and meaning
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ۖ قَالُوا إِنَّا تَطَيَّرْنَا بِكُمْ لَئِن لَّمْ تَنتَهُوا لَنَرْجُمَنَّكُمْ وَلَيَمَسَّنَّكُم مِّنَّا عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ
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ۖ
قَالُوا
qalu
They said
إِنَّا
inna
Indeed
تَطَيَّرْنَا
tatayyarna
[we] see an evil omen
بِكُمْ
bikum
from you
لَئِن
la-in
If
لَّمْ
lam
not
تَنتَهُوا
tantahu
you desist
لَنَرْجُمَنَّكُمْ
lanarjumannakum
surely we will stone you
وَلَيَمَسَّنَّكُم
walayamassannakum
and surely will touch you
مِّنَّا
minna
from us
عَذَابٌ
adhabun
a punishment
أَلِيمٌ
alimun
painful
Transliteration
Qaaloo innaa tataiyarnaa bikum la'il-lam tantahoo lanar jumannakum wa la-yamassan nakum minnaa 'azaabun aleem
Translation
They said, "Indeed, we consider you a bad omen. If you do not desist, we will surely stone you, and there will surely touch you, from us, a painful punishment."
Verse interpretation (Tafsir)
The people of the town said to the messengers: We see an evil omen in you. If you do not stop calling us to monotheism, we will punish you by stoning to death and you will receive a painful punishment from us.
Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.
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