The Quran

سورة المؤمنون

Surah Al-Mu’minûn 23:47

The Believers · Verse 47 of 118

فَقَالُوا أَنُؤْمِنُ لِبَشَرَيْنِ مِثْلِنَا وَقَوْمُهُمَا لَنَا عَابِدُونَ

Abdul Mannan Omar

And they said, `Shall we believe in two human beings like ourselves while their people (- the Israelites) are our bondsmen?´

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

They said: "Shall we believe in two men like ourselves? And their people are subject to us!

Ahmed Ali

And said: "Should we believe in two men like yourselves, whose people are our subjects?"

12 more translations

Ali Unal

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?"

Daryabadi

So they said: shall we believe In two human beings like unto us, while their nation are to us slaves?

Faridul Haque

They therefore said, "Shall we believe in two humans like ourselves, whereas their nation is servile to us?"

Maulana Muhammad Ali

So they said: Shall We believe in two mortals like ourselves while their people serve us?

Maulvi Sher Ali

And they said, `Shall we believe in two mortals like ourselves while their people are our slaves?'

Muhammad Asad

And so they said: "Shall we believe [them -) two mortals like ourselves - although their people are our slaves?"

Muhammad Musin 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)."

Muhammad 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?".

Muhammed ali Shakir

And they said: What! shall we believe in two mortals like ourselves while their people serve us?

Rashad Khalifa

They said, "Shall we believe for two men whose people are our slaves?"

Shabbir Ahmed

And so they said, "Shall we believe in these two mortals like us whose people are our slaves?"