سورة یسٓ
Surah Yâ Sîn 36:14
O Perfect Man! · Verse 14 of 83
إِذْ أَرْسَلْنَا إِلَيْهِمُ اثْنَيْنِ فَكَذَّبُوهُمَا فَعَزَّزْنَا بِثَالِثٍ فَقَالُوا إِنَّا إِلَيْكُمْ مُرْسَلُونَ
Abdul Mannan Omar
(At first) We sent to them two (Messengers, Moses and Jesus) but they cried lies to them. Then We strengthened (Our Apostles) with a third (- the Prophet Muhammad by fulfilling in his person their prophecies about his advent). So they said, (as a general Message to the people), `We have been sent to you (as Messengers by God).´
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
When We (first) sent to them two messengers, they rejected them: But We strengthened them with a third: they said, "Truly, we have been sent on a mission to you.
Ahmed Ali
When We sent two of them they called them liars; so We sent a third to strengthen them. "We have been sent to you," they said.
11 more translations
Ali Unal
When We first sent them two (Messengers) and they denied them, We reinforced them with a third, and they said: "Surely we are Messengers sent to you (with God’s Message)."
Daryabadi
What time We sent Unto them two, then they belied the twain, wherefore We strengthened them with a third, and they said: verily we are Unto you the sent ones.
Faridul Haque
When We had sent two towards them and they denied them both, so We fortified them with a third, and they all said, “Indeed we have been sent to you.”
Maulana Muhammad Ali
When We sent to them two, they rejected them both; then We strengthened (them) with a third, so they said: Surely we are sent to you.
Maulvi Sher Ali
When WE sent to them two Messengers they rejected them both; so WE strengthened them by a third; and they said, `Verily, we have been sent to you as Messengers.'
Muhammad Musin Khan
When We sent to them two Messengers, they belied them both, so We reinforced them with a third, and they said: "Verily! We have been sent to you as Messengers."
Muhammad Pickthall
When We sent unto them twain, and they denied them both, so We reinforced them with a third, and they said: Lo! we have been sent unto you.
Muhammad Sarwar
We sent them two Messengers whom they rejected. We supported them by sending a third one who told the people, "We are the Messengers (of God) who have been sent to you".
Muhammed ali Shakir
When We sent to them two, they rejected both of them, then We strengthened (them) with a third, so they said: Surely we are messengers to you.
Rashad Khalifa
When we sent to them two (messengers), they disbelieved them. We then supported them by a third. They said, "We are (God's) messengers to you."
Shabbir Ahmed
When We sent to them two Messengers, they denied them. We then strengthened them with a third and they said, "Surely, We have been sent to you."
Commentary 36: 14 The “Two” in this verse refers to two Messengers - Moses and Jesus - who prophesied the coming of a third Messenger. His special status is pointed to by…
إِذْ أَرْسَلْنَا إِلَيْهِمُ اثْنَيْنِ فَكَذَّبُوهُمَا فَعَزَّزْنَا بِثَالِثٍ فَقَالُوا إِنَّا إِلَيْكُم مُّرْسَلُونَ
36: 14 The “Two” in this verse refers to two Messengers - Moses and Jesus - who prophesied the coming of a third Messenger. His special status is pointed to by the choice of word fa ‘Azaznâ(فَعَزَّزْنَا), “We strengthened with honour", which is derived from‘Azzaعزّmeaning, glorious, highly esteemed, excellent, worthy, powerful, strong, and noble. These adjectives describe Muhammed (pbuh), as befits the name of this chapter. Therefore, according to many interpreters, the three Messengers of Allâh in this verse are Moses, Jesus, and Muhammed (peace upon them). Muhammed strengthened and honoured Moses and Jesus by fulfiling the prophecies they had made about his advent (Deut. 18.18; Matt. 21.33-46).