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قَالُوٓا۟ أَوَلَمْ نَنْهَكَ عَنِ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ

Word by word

قَالُوٓا۟

They said

Verb

Root: قول

Grammar (i'rab)

قَالُVerb — perfect، 3rd masc. plur.

وٓا۟Noun — pronoun، suffix، 3rd masc. plur.

أَوَلَمْ

Did not

Noun

Grammar (i'rab)

أَNoun — interrogative، prefix

وَPreposition — supplemental، prefix

لَمْPreposition — negative

نَنْهَكَ

we forbid you

Verb

Root: نهي

Grammar (i'rab)

نَنْهَVerb — imperfect، 1st plur.

كَNoun — pronoun، suffix، 2nd masc. sing.

عَنِ

from

Preposition

Grammar (i'rab)

عَنِPreposition — preposition

ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

the world

Noun

Root: علم

Grammar (i'rab)

ٱلْPreposition — definite، prefix

عَٰلَمِينَNoun — masc. plur.، genitive

Translation

They said: "Did we not forbid thee (to speak) for all and sundry?"

A. Yusuf Alipublic-domain

They answered, ‘Have we not told you not to interfere [between us and] anyone else?’

M.A.S. Abdel Haleemall-rights-reserved

They said; Have we not forbidden you from (entertaining) anyone?

M. Pickthallpublic-domain

They said, "Have we not forbidden you from [protecting] people?"

Saheeh Internationalall-rights-reserved

"Biz sana kimseyi misafir kabul etmeyi yasak etmemiş miydik?" dediler.

Diyanet İşleriall-rights-reserved

Lût kavmi şöyle dedi: "Biz sana kimsenin koruyuculuğunu yapmamanı söylememiş miydik?"

Elmalılı Hamdi Yazırpublic-domain

(Kavmi:) “Biz seni, elalemden (başkalarının işine karışmaktan) engellememiş miydik?” demişlerdi.

Mehmet Okuyanall-rights-reserved

قال قومه: أولم نَنْهَكَ أن تضيِّف أحدا من العالمين؛ لأنَّا نريد منهم الفاحشة؟

Tafsir al-Muyassarfree-distribution