Surah Al-Mu'minun, Ayah 33 (23:33)

ٱلْمُؤْمِنُون

وَقَالَ ٱلْمَلَأُ مِن قَوْمِهِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ وَكَذَّبُوا۟ بِلِقَآءِ ٱلَْٔاخِرَةِ وَأَتْرَفْنَٰهُمْ …

Quran 23:33 is ayah 33 of Surah Al-Mu'minun (“The Believers”), a Meccan surah of 118 ayahs. It is in Juz 18, on page 344 of the Madani Mushaf.

23:33
وَقَالَٱلْمَلَأُمِنقَوْمِهِٱلَّذِينَكَفَرُوا۟وَكَذَّبُوا۟بِلِقَآءِٱلَْٔاخِرَةِوَأَتْرَفْنَٰهُمْفِىٱلْحَيَوٰةِٱلدُّنْيَامَاهَٰذَآإِلَّابَشَرٌمِّثْلُكُمْيَأْكُلُمِمَّاتَأْكُلُونَمِنْهُوَيَشْرَبُمِمَّاتَشْرَبُونَ٣٣
waqāla l-mala-u min qawmihi alladhīna kafarū wakadhabū biliqāi l-ākhirati wa-atrafnāhum fī l-ḥayati l-dun'yā mā hādhā illā basharun mith'lukum yakulu mimmā takulūna min'hu wayashrabu mimmā tashrabūna

And the eminent among his people who disbelieved and denied the meeting of the Hereafter while We had given them luxury in the worldly life said, "This is not but a man like yourselves. He eats of that from which you eat and drinks of what you drink.(33)

Word by word

  1. وَقَالَwaqālaAnd said
  2. ٱلْمَلَأُl-mala-uthe chiefs
  3. مِنminof
  4. قَوْمِهِqawmihihis people
  5. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnawho
  6. كَفَرُوا۟kafarūdisbelieved
  7. وَكَذَّبُوا۟wakadhabūand denied
  8. بِلِقَآءِbiliqāi(the) meeting
  9. ٱلَْٔاخِرَةِl-ākhirati(of) the Hereafter
  10. وَأَتْرَفْنَٰهُمْwa-atrafnāhumwhile We had given them luxury
  11. فِىfīin
  12. ٱلْحَيَوٰةِl-ḥayatithe life
  13. ٱلدُّنْيَاl-dun'yā(of) the world
  14. مَاmāNot
  15. هَٰذَآhādhā(is) this
  16. إِلَّاillābut
  17. بَشَرٌbasharuna man
  18. مِّثْلُكُمْmith'lukumlike you
  19. يَأْكُلُyakuluHe eats
  20. مِمَّاmimmāof what
  21. تَأْكُلُونَtakulūnayou eat
  22. مِنْهُmin'hu[from it]
  23. وَيَشْرَبُwayashrabuand he drinks
  24. مِمَّاmimmāof what
  25. تَشْرَبُونَtashrabūnayou drink

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