Quran 23:47 Word by Word & Translations

23:47 Word by Word (2021)

Then they said, "Shall we believe (in) two men like ourselves while their people for us (are) slaves."


23:47 Arabic

فَقَالُوٓا۟ أَنُؤْمِنُ لِبَشَرَيْنِ مِثْلِنَا وَقَوْمُهُمَا لَنَا عَٰبِدُونَ

23:47 Transliteration

Faqaloo anu/minu libasharayni mithlina waqawmuhuma lana AAabidoona
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)
So they said: "Shall we believe to two human beings like us, while their people are servants to us?
Abdel Haleem
They said, ‘Are we to believe in two mortals like us? And their people are our servants?’
Abdul Hye
Then they said: “Shall we believe in 2 human beings like ourselves and whose people are our captives?”
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
So they said: shall we believe In two human beings like unto us, while their nation are to us slaves
Ahmed Ali
And said: "Should we believe in two men like yourselves, whose people are our subjects?"
Ahmed Hulusi
In fact they said, “Shall we believe in two men like ourselves while their people are our servants?”
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)
Then they said, 'shall we believe in two men like ourselves while their people are serving to us.
Aisha Bewley
They said, ´What! Should we have iman in two human beings like ourselves when their people are our slaves?´
Ali Ünal
They said: "Shall we believe in two mortals like ourselves, when their people {the people of Moses and Aaron) are serving us in humility and obedience?"
Ali Quli Qara'i
They said, ‘Shall we believe two humans like ourselves, while their people are our slaves?’
Amatul Rahman Omar
And they said, `Shall we believe in two human beings like ourselves while their people (- the Israelites) are our bondsmen?
Arthur John Arberry
and they said, 'What, shall we believe two mortals like ourselves, whose people are our servants?
Bakhtiari Nejad
They said: “Should we believe in two human beings like us while their people are our servants?”
Bijan Moeinian
They said: “Do you want us to believe in two human beings, like us, whose people are already our slaves?”
Bilal Muhammad 2018
They said, “Shall we believe in two people like ourselves while their people are subject to us?
Corpus.Quran
Then they said Shall we believe (in) two men like ourselves while their people for us (are) slaves
Dr. Kamal Omar
Then they said: “Shall we Believe for the sake of two humans like ourselves while the nation of those two are subservient to us in humility?
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar
Then, they said: Will we believe in two mortals like ourselves while their folk are ones who worship us?
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
So they (also) said (the same): ‘Shall we believe in two human beings like ourselves whilst their people worship us?
Dr. Munir Munshey
They said, "Shall We believe these two men _ humans like us? Their people are our slaves!"
Edward Henry Palmer
And they said, 'Shall we believe two mortals like ourselves, when their people are servants of ours?
Faridul Haque
They therefore said, "Shall we believe in two humans like ourselves, whereas their nation is servile to us?"
Fode Drame
and they said, “Should we believe in two humans like us when their people are but slaves for us.”
George Sale
And they said, shall we believe on two men like unto our selves; whose people are our servants
Hamid S. Aziz
And they said, "Shall we believe two mortals like ourselves, and whose people are servile unto us?"
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah
'What! ' they said, 'are we to believe in two mortals like us, whose nation are our worshipers?
Hilali - Khan
They said: "Shall we believe in two men like ourselves, and their people are obedient to us with humility (and we use them to serve us as we like)."
Irving/Hegab
So they said: "Are we to believe in two human beings like ourselves while their people are slaving for us?"
John Medows Rodwell
And they said, "Shall we believe on two men like ourselves, whose people are our slaves?"
Linda "iLham" Barto
They said, “Shall we believe in two men like us? Their people are servants to us!”
Maududi
They said: "Shall we put faith in two mortals like ourselves when their people are slaves to us?"
Maulana Muhammad Ali
So they said: Shall We believe in two mortals like ourselves while their people serve us
Mir Aneesuddin
to Firawn and the leaders of his (people), but they considered themselves great and they were a transgressing people.
Mohammad Shafi
And they said, "What! Shall we believe in two men like us and their people are in our service?"
Muhammad Ahmed - Samira
So they said: "Do we believe to two humans equal to us , and their (B)'s nation (are) to us worshipping?"
Muhammad Asad
And so they said: “Shall we believe [them] two mortals like ourselves - although their people are our slaves?”
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali
So they said, "Shall we believe two mortals like ourselves, and their people are our worshipers?"
Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall
And they said: Shall we put faith in two mortals like ourselves, and whose folk are servile unto us
Muhammad Sarwar
They said, "Should we believe in two mere mortals who are like ourselves and whose people are our slaves?"
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
So they said, .shall we believe in two humans who are like ourselves and whose people are serving us as slaves?
Munir Mezyed
They said: "Are we going to believe two men like ourselves while their people are submissive to our will?”
MunirMezyed2023
They said: ‘Are we going to yield to the belief of two men like ourselves and their people are submissive to our will?’
Musharraf Hussain
They said, “Should we believe two men like ourselves, whose people are our slaves?”
Mustafa Khattab 2018
They argued, “Will we believe in two humans, like ourselves, whose people are slaves to us?”
Mustaqim
So they said: are we going to believe two humans like us when their people serve us?
N J Dawood 2014
What!‘ said they. ‘Are we to believe in two men like ourselves, whose people are our slaves?‘
Rashad Khalifa
They said, "Shall we believe for two men whose people are our slaves?"
Safi Kaskas
They said, "Should we believe two human beings like us while their people are serving us?"
Samy Mahdy
So, they said, “Should we believe in two humankinds like us, and their kinfolk are worshipers for us?”
Shabbir Ahmed
And so they said, "Shall we believe in these two mortals like us whose nation are our slaves?"
Shakir
And they said: What! shall we believe in two mortals like ourselves while their people serve us
Sher Ali
And they said, `Shall we believe in two mortals like ourselves while their people are our slaves?
Syed Vickar Ahamed
They said: "Shall we believe in two men like ourselves? And their people are obedient to us in humility!"
T.B.Irving
So they said: "Are we to believe in two human beings like ourselves while their people are slaving for us?"
Talal Itani & AI (2024)
They jeered, “Are we to believe in two men like us, while their people serve us as slaves?”
Talal Itani (2012)
They said, 'Are we to believe in two mortals like us, and their people are our slaves?'
The Study Quran
They said, “Shall we believe in two human beings like us, while their people are slaves we possess?
The Wise Quran
And they said, 'Shall we believe two mortals like ourselves, and their people are servants of ours?'
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)
They said, "Should we believe two men like ourselves while their people are for us in servitude?"
Wahiduddin Khan
They said, Are we to believe in two human beings like ourselves, while their people are subject to us
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
They said: "Shall we believe in two men like ourselves? And their people are subject to us!"