الأنبياء
Al-Anbya
Surah 21
Verse 61
الأنبياء
The Prophets • makkah
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العربیّا عثمانی (Arabic Uthmani)
English - Hazrat Molavi Sher Ali ra
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21:61
English - Hazrat Molavi Sher Ali ra
They said, ‘We heard a young man speak ill of them; he is called Abraham.’
English - Five Volume Translation
They said, ‘We heard a young man speak ill of them; he is called Abraham.’[2397A]
Important Words:
یذکرھم (speak ill of them). ذکرہ means, (1) he mentioned it, told it, related it; (2) he spoke well of him or he spoke ill of him and mentioned his faults. They say لئن ذکرتنی لتندمن i.e. if thou speak ill of me, thou wilt assuredly repent. An Arab poet says:
لا تذکری فرسی وما أطعمته
فیکون جلدك مثل جلد الا جرب
i.e. do not thou speak ill of my horse and of what I have given him for food or thy skin will be like the skin of the scabby (Lane & Aqrab).
English - Short Commentary Translation
Some others said, ‘We heard a young man speak ill[1898] of them; he is called Abraham.’
Dhakara-hu means, he spoke well or ill of him; mentioned his faults (Lane).