سورة الشُّعَرَاء

Surah Al-Shu‘arâ’ 26:25

The Poets · Verse 25 of 227

قَالَ لِمَنْ حَوْلَهُ أَلَا تَسْتَمِعُونَ

Abdul Mannan Omar

(Thereupon Pharaoh) said to those around him, `Do you not hear (what is being said)?´

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

(Pharaoh) said to those around: "Did ye not listen (to what he says)?

Ahmed Ali

(The Pharaoh) said to those around him: "Do you hear?"

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Ali Unal

(The Pharaoh) said to those around him: "Do you not hear (what he is saying)?"

Daryabadi

Fir´awn said unto those around him: hear ye not?

Faridul Haque

Said Firaun to those around him, “Are you not listening with attention?”

Maulana Muhammad Ali

(Pharaoh) said to those around him: Do you not hear?

Maulvi Sher Ali

Pharaoh said to those around him, `Do you not hear?'

Muhammad Asad

Said [Pharaoh] unto those around him: "Did you hear [what he said]?"

Muhammad Musin Khan

Fir'aun (Pharaoh) said to those around: "Do you not hear (what he says)?"

Muhammad Pickthall

(Pharaoh) said unto those around him: Hear ye not?

Muhammad Sarwar

The Pharaoh said to the people around him, "Did you hear that?".

Muhammed ali Shakir

(Firon) said to those around him: Do you not hear?

Rashad Khalifa

He said to those around him, "Did you hear this?"

Shabbir Ahmed

Pharaoh said to those around him, "Do you not hear this?"

Commentary 26:25 In order to preserve his position and dignity before others, Pharaoh pretended that Moses had not answered his question, and that he knew more than Moses…

قَالَ لِمَنْ حَوْلَهُ أَلَا تَسْتَمِعُونَ

26:25 In order to preserve his position and dignity before others, Pharaoh pretended that Moses had not answered his question, and that he knew more than Moses did. He said to those around him, “Do you hear what he says?” as if Moses had not replied to his question.