Al-Qur'an Surah Ash-Shu'ara Verse 111

Mufti Taqi Usmani

They said, “Shall we believe in you while you are followed by the lowest people?”

Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

They argued, “How can we believe in you, when you are followed ˹only˺ by the lowest of the low?”[[ The pagans were accusing the impoverished believers of following Noah (ﷺ) only for personal gain, not out of sincere faith. ]]

Ruwwad Translation Center

They said, “Shall we believe in you when you are followed by the lowest people?”

A. J. Arberry

They said, 'Shall we believe thee, whom the vilest follow?'

Abdul Haleem

They answered, ‘Why should we believe you when the worst sort of people follow you?’

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

They said: shall We believe in thee when the meanest follow thee?

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

They said; "Shall we believe in thee when it is the meanest that follow thee?"

Abul Ala Maududi

They answered: "Shall we accept you even though it is the meanest of people who follow you?"

Ahmed Ali

They said: "Should we place our trust in you when only the condemned follow you?"

Ahmed Raza Khan

They said, “Shall we believe in you, whereas the abject people are with you?”

Ali Quli Qarai

They said, ‘Shall we believe in you, when it is the riffraff who follow you?’

Ali Ünal

They responded: "Shall we believe in you, when the lowliest (among the people) follow you!"

Amatul Rahman Omar

They (- the disbelievers) said, `Shall we believe in you whereas (we see that) only the people of a very low status follow you?´

English Literal

They said: "Do we believe to you, and the mean/low/despised followed you?"

Faridul Haque

They said, “Shall we believe in you, whereas the abject people are with you?”

Hamid S. Aziz

"So fear Allah and obey me."

Hilali & Khan

They said: "Shall we believe in you, when the meanest (of the people) follow you?"

Maulana Mohammad Ali

And I ask of you no reward for it: my reward is only with the Lord of the worlds.

Mohammad Habib Shakir

They said: Shall we believe in you while the meanest follow you?

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

They said: Shall we put faith in thee, when the lowest (of the people) follow thee?

Muhammad Sarwar

They said, "Should we believe in you when no one has followed you except the lowest ones".

Qaribullah & Darwish

They replied: 'Are we to believe you whom the lowliest follow'

Safi-ur-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri

They said: "Shall we believe in you, when the inferior follow you"

Wahiduddin Khan

They replied, "Are we to believe in you when your followers are but the lowest of the low?"

Talal Itani

They said, “Shall we believe in you, when it is the lowliest who follow you?”

Tafsir jalalayn

They said, `Shall we believe in you, in your words, when it is the lowliest people who follow you?' (wa'ttaba`aka; a variant reading has wa-atb`uka, `[when] your followers', plural of tbi`, `follower', as a subject) the riffraff, such as the weavers and the shoemakers.

Tafseer Ibn Kathir

The Demand of the People of Nuh and His Response

They said;"We do not believe in you, and we will not follow you and become equal to the meanest of the people, who follow you and believe in you, and they are the lowest among us."

قَالُوا أَنُوْمِنُ لَكَ وَاتَّبَعَكَ الاْاَرْذَلُونَ



قَالَ وَمَا عِلْمِي بِمَا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ