وَيَقُولُونَ أَئِنَّا لَتَارِكُوٓا۟ ءَالِهَتِنَا لِشَاعِرٍۢ مَّجْنُونٍۭ
And were saying, "Are we to leave our gods for a mad poet?"
wayaqūlūna a-innā latārikū ālihatinā lishāʿirin majnūnin
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As-Saffat · verse 36 of 182
Surah As-Saffat, verse 36
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6 words1وَيَقُولُونَwayaqūlūnaAnd they say
2أَئِنَّاa-innāAre we
3لَتَارِكُوٓا۟latārikūto leave
4ءَالِهَتِنَاālihatināour gods
5لِشَاعِرٍۢlishāʿirinfor a poet
6مَّجْنُونٍۭmajnūninmad
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Read the whole surahإِنَّا كَذَٰلِكَ نَفْعَلُ بِٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ
Indeed, that is how We deal with the criminals.
إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوٓا۟ إِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمْ لَآ إِلَـٰهَ إِلَّا ٱللَّهُ يَسْتَكْبِرُونَ
Indeed they, when it was said to them, "There is no deity but Allāh," were arrogant
وَيَقُولُونَ أَئِنَّا لَتَارِكُوٓا۟ ءَالِهَتِنَا لِشَاعِرٍۢ مَّجْنُونٍۭ
And were saying, "Are we to leave our gods for a mad poet?"
بَلْ جَآءَ بِٱلْحَقِّ وَصَدَّقَ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ
Rather, he [i.e., the Prophet (ﷺ)] has come with the truth and confirmed the [previous] messengers.
إِنَّكُمْ لَذَآئِقُوا۟ ٱلْعَذَابِ ٱلْأَلِيمِ
Indeed, you [disbelievers] will be tasters of the painful punishment,