سُوْرَةُ الْاَعْرَافِ

Surah Al-A'raaf (7) — Ayah 76

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قَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱسْتَكْبَرُوٓا۟ إِنَّا بِٱلَّذِىٓ ءَامَنتُم بِهِۦ كَـٰفِرُونَ ﴿76﴾
Those who were arrogant said: "Verily, we disbelieve in that which you believe in."
قَالَ qāla Said
ٱلَّذِينَ alladhīna those who
ٱسْتَكْبَرُوٓا۟ is'takbarū were arrogant
إِنَّا innā Indeed we
بِٱلَّذِىٓ bi-alladhī in that which
ءَامَنتُم āmantum you believe
بِهِۦ bihi in it
كَـٰفِرُونَ kāfirūna (are) disbelievers

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76. 1. Despite this reasonable answer, they persisted in their arrogance and denial.

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The arrogant ones said, "We do not believe [80] in what you have believed in."

[80]
The Arrogance of the Nation and Mockery:

This too is a kind of mockery, that the arrogant people, who considered themselves extremely intelligent, would ask the weak Muslims who had believed: "How is it that you have believed in as reasonable the call of Salihؑ, which we do not understand and consider irrational?" The weak Muslims, displaying their courage of faith, replied that the very thing you call wrong, we have believed in as reasonable and true, and we truly consider him a Messenger of truth. The arrogant people said, "In any case, we can never accept your foolish words."