سُوْرَةُ الْمُؤْمِنُوْنَ
Surah Al-Muminoon (23) — Ayah 47
فَقَالُوٓا۟ أَنُؤْمِنُ لِبَشَرَيْنِ مِثْلِنَا وَقَوْمُهُمَا لَنَا عَـٰبِدُونَ ﴿47﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
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)."
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
فَقَالُوٓا۟
faqālū
Then they said
أَنُؤْمِنُ
anu'minu
Shall we believe
لِبَشَرَيْنِ
libasharayni
(in) two men
مِثْلِنَا
mith'linā
like ourselves
وَقَوْمُهُمَا
waqawmuhumā
while their people
لَنَا
lanā
for us
عَـٰبِدُونَ
ʿābidūna
(are) slaves
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.
Here too, for denial, they presented the humanity of Musa and Harun (علیہما السلام) as an argument, and to emphasize this humanity, they said that both of them are individuals from the same nation that is our slave.
