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Al-Qur'an Surah Al-Haqqah Verse 41

Al-Haqqah [69]: 41 ~ English Qur'an Word By Word and Multi Tafseer

وَّمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَاعِرٍۗ قَلِيْلًا مَّا تُؤْمِنُوْنَۙ (الحاقة : ٦٩)

wamā
وَمَا
And not
huwa
هُوَ
it
biqawli
بِقَوْلِ
(is the) word
shāʿirin
شَاعِرٍۚ
(of) a poet;
qalīlan
قَلِيلًا
little
مَّا
(is) what
tu'minūna
تُؤْمِنُونَ
you believe!

Transliteration:

Wa ma huwa biqawli shaa'ir; qaleelam maa tu'minoon (QS. al-Ḥāq̈q̈ah:41)

English / Sahih Translation:

And it is not the word of a poet; little do you believe. (QS. Al-Haqqah, ayah 41)

Mufti Taqi Usmani

and it is not the speech of a poet, (but) little you believe,

Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

It is not the prose of a poet ˹as you claim˺, ˹yet˺ you hardly have any faith.

Ruwwad Translation Center

and it is not the word of a poet; little do you believe!

A. J. Arberry

It is not the speech of a poet (little do you believe)

Abdul Haleem

not the words of a poet- how little you believe!-

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

And it is not the speech of a poet. Little it is that ye believe

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

It is not the word of a poet; little it is ye believe!

Abul Ala Maududi

not the speech of a poet. Little do you believe!

Ahmed Ali

And not the word of a poet. How little is it that you believe!

Ahmed Raza Khan

And it is not the speech of a poet; how little do you believe!

Ali Quli Qarai

and it is not the speech of a poet. Little is the faith that you have!

Ali Ünal

And not a poet’s speech (composed in a poet’s mind). How little is what you believe! (It is so limited by the poverty of your souls and hearts.)

Amatul Rahman Omar

It is not at all the word of a poet. Little is the faith you have!

English Literal

And it is not with a poet`s word/saying , little (is) what you believe.

Faridul Haque

And it is not the speech of a poet; how little do you believe!

Hamid S. Aziz

And it is not the word of a poet; little is it that you believe;

Hilali & Khan

It is not the word of a poet, little is that you believe!

Maulana Mohammad Ali

It is a revelation from the Lord of the worlds.

Mohammad Habib Shakir

And it is not the word of a poet; little is it that you believe;

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

It is not poet's speech - little is it that ye believe!

Muhammad Sarwar

It is not the word of a poet but only a few of you have faith,

Qaribullah & Darwish

It is not the speech of a poet little do you believe

Safi-ur-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri

It is not the word of a poet, little is that you believe!

Wahiduddin Khan

it is not the word of a poet -- how little you believe! --

Talal Itani

And it is not the speech of a poet—little do you believe.

Tafsir jalalayn

And it is not the speech of a poet. Little do you believe!

Tafseer Ibn Kathir

وَلَا بِقَوْلِ كَاهِنٍ قَلِيلً مَا تَذَكَّرُونَ