Surah 23 Al-Muminoon — Ayah 47
فَقَالُوٓا۟ أَنُؤْمِنُ لِبَشَرَيْنِ مِثْلِنَا وَقَوْمُهُمَا لَنَا عَٰبِدُونَ
og de sa: «Skal vi ha tiltro til to vanlige mennesker som oss, hvis folk jo er våre tjenere?»
faqālū anu'minu libasharayni mith'linā waqawmuhumā lanā ʿābidūna
Word by word
- فَقَالُوٓا۟ faqālū Then they said
- أَنُؤْمِنُ anu'minu Shall we believe
- لِبَشَرَيْنِ libasharayni (in) two men
- مِثْلِنَا mith'linā like ourselves
- وَقَوْمُهُمَا waqawmuhumā while their people
- لَنَا lanā for us
- عَـٰبِدُونَ ʿābidūna (are) slaves
Tafsir · Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
The Story of Musa, Peace be upon Him; and Fir`awn
Allah tells us that He sent Musa, peace be upon him, and his brother Harun to Fir`awn and his chiefs with decisive evidence and definitive proof, but Fir`awn and his people were too arrogant to follow them and obey their commands because they were human beings, just as previous nations had denied the Message of the human Messengers. They were of a similar mentality, so Allah destroyed Fir`awn and his chiefs, drowning them all in one day. He revealed the Book to Musa, i.e., the Tawrah, in which were rulings, commands and prohibitions, after He had destroyed Fir`awn and the Egyptians and seized them with a punishment of the All-Mighty, All-Capable to carry out what He wills. After Allah revealed the Tawrah, Allah did not destroy any nation with an overwhelming calamity; instead, He commanded the believers to fight the disbelievers, as He says:
(And indeed We gave Musa -- after We had destroyed the generations of old -- the Scripture as an enlightenment for mankind, and a guidance and a mercy, that they might remember.) 28:43