سُوْرَةُ هُوْدٍ
Surah Hud (11) — Ayah 79
قَالُوا۟ لَقَدْ عَلِمْتَ مَا لَنَا فِى بَنَاتِكَ مِنْ حَقٍّ وَإِنَّكَ لَتَعْلَمُ مَا نُرِيدُ ﴿79﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
They said: "Surely you know that we have neither any desire nor need of your daughters, and indeed you know well what we want!"
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
قَالُوا۟
qālū
They said
لَقَدْ
laqad
Verily
عَلِمْتَ
ʿalim'ta
you know
مَا
mā
(that) not
لَنَا
lanā
we have
فِى
fī
concerning
بَنَاتِكَ
banātika
your daughters
مِنْ
min
any
حَقٍّۢ
ḥaqqin
right
وَإِنَّكَ
wa-innaka
And indeed, you
لَتَعْلَمُ
lataʿlamu
surely know
مَا
mā
what
نُرِيدُ
nurīdu
we want
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan — Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan is a well-known Quran commentary by Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar from Pakistan. This tafsir explains the meanings of the Quran in accordance with the methodology of the Salaf (early righteous generations), relying on authentic sources and straightforward language. Due to its reliability and adherence to sound Islamic scholarship, the Saudi government publishes and distributes this tafsir among the Hujjaj (pilgrims) visiting the Haramain. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.
79. 1. That is, they completely rejected a legitimate and natural way, and insisted on unnatural acts and indecency, from which it can be inferred how far that nation had advanced in its evil habit of indecency and how blind they had become.
