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Surah an-Naml (The Ant ) 27 : 49

قَالُوا۟ تَقَاسَمُوا۟ بِٱللَّهِ لَنُبَيِّتَنَّهُۥ وَأَهْلَهُۥ ثُمَّ لَنَقُولَنَّ لِوَلِيِّهِۦ مَا شَهِدْنَا مَهْلِكَ أَهْلِهِۦ وَإِنَّا لَصَٰدِقُونَ

Translations

 
 Muhsin Khan
 Pickthall
 Yusuf Ali
Quran Project
They said, "Take a mutual oath by Allāh that we will kill him by night, he and his family. Then we will say to his executor, ‘We did not witness the destruction of his family, and indeed, we are truthful.’ "

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Word Arabic word
(27:49:1)
qālū
They said
(27:49:2)
taqāsamū
Swear to each other
(27:49:3)
bil-lahi
by Allah
(27:49:4)
lanubayyitannahu
surely, we will attack him by night
(27:49:5)
wa-ahlahu
and his family
(27:49:6)
(27:49:7)
lanaqūlanna
we will surely say
(27:49:8)
liwaliyyihi
to his heir
(27:49:9)
(27:49:10)
shahid'nā
we witnessed
(27:49:11)
mahlika
(the) destruction
(27:49:12)
ahlihi
(of) his family
(27:49:13)
(27:49:14)
laṣādiqūna
(are) surely truthful

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Among Şāliĥ’s people there were nine leaders who were irreconcilable in their opposition to his call. Hence, they plotted against him and his family. These nine people had left no room in their hearts for the truth and its message. They were determined to bring matters to a head after they found Şāliĥ’s argument overpowering. Hence they devised a plot. Most singularly, they agreed under oath by God to kill Şāliĥ and his family under the cover of darkness. All this when he asked nothing other than that they believe in God and worship Him alone. It is also singular that they should not only swear to kill him and his family, but that they were also intent on denying any knowledge of the crime. “We are indeed telling the truth.” They would kill them in darkness, and as such they would not see the killing and hence would not be witnesses to it.

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