سورة الحِجر
Surah Al-Hijr 15:57
The Rock · Verse 57 of 99
قَالَ فَمَا خَطْبُكُمْ أَيُّهَا الْمُرْسَلُونَ
Abdul Mannan Omar
He added, `O you messengers! what is your real business then?´
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
Abraham said: "What then is the business on which ye (have come), O ye messengers (of Allah)?
Ahmed Ali
And asked them: "What matter, O angels, brings you here?"
12 more translations
Ali Unal
He said: "Then (after that) what is your concern, O you (heavenly) envoys?"
Daryabadi
He said: what is your errand, sent ones?
Faridul Haque
He said, "And what is your next task, O the sent angels?"
Maulana Muhammad Ali
He said: What is your business, then, O messengers?
Maulvi Sher Ali
He said, `What now is your real business, O ye messengers?'
Muhammad Asad
He added: "And what [else] may you have in view, O you [heavenly] messengers?"
Muhammad Musin Khan
[Ibrahim (Abraham) again] said: "What then is the business on which you have come, O Messengers?"
Muhammad Pickthall
He said: And afterward what is your business, O ye messengers (of Allah)?
Muhammad Sarwar
Messengers, what is your task?".
Muhammed ali Shakir
He said: What is your business then, O messengers?
Rashad Khalifa
He said, "What is your mission, O messengers?"
Shabbir Ahmed
He added, “And afterward what is your mission, O Messengers?"
Commentary 15:57 Upon hearing the good news, Abraham nonetheless inquired about the purpose of their visit, as he knew that there was an ulterior motive behind it.
قَالَ فَمَا خَطْبُكُمْ أَيُّهَا الْمُرْسَلُونَ
15:57 Upon hearing the good news, Abraham nonetheless inquired about the purpose of their visit, as he knew that there was an ulterior motive behind it.