سُوْرَةُ الصَّافَّاتِ
Surah As-Saaffaat (37) — Ayah 36
وَيَقُولُونَ أَئِنَّا لَتَارِكُوٓا۟ ءَالِهَتِنَا لِشَاعِرٍ مَّجْنُونٍۭ ﴿36﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
And (they) said: "Are we going to abandon our âlihah (gods) for the sake of a mad poet?"
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
وَيَقُولُونَ
wayaqūlūna
And they say
أَئِنَّا
a-innā
Are we
لَتَارِكُوٓا۟
latārikū
to leave
ءَالِهَتِنَا
ālihatinā
our gods
لِشَاعِرٍۢ
lishāʿirin
for a poet
مَّجْنُونٍۭ
majnūnin
mad
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.
36. 1. That is, they called the Noble Prophet ﷺ a poet and a madman, and described his call as madness and the Qur'an as poetry, and said: Why should we abandon our gods because of the madness of a madman? Whereas this was not madness, but wisdom; not poetry, but reality; and in adopting this call, there was not their destruction, but salvation.
