← Surah 26

26:136

قَالُوا۟ سَوَآءٌ عَلَيْنَآ أَوَعَظْتَ أَمْ لَمْ تَكُن مِّنَ ٱلْوَٰعِظِينَ

Word by word

قَالُوا۟
They said
Verb
Root: قول
سَوَآءٌ
(It is) same
Noun
Root: سوي
عَلَيْنَآ
to us
Preposition
أَوَعَظْتَ
whether you advise
Verb
Root: وعظ
أَمْ
or
Preposition
لَمْ
not
Preposition
تَكُن
you are
Verb
Root: كون
مِّنَ
of
Preposition
ٱلْوَٰعِظِينَ
the advisors
Noun
Root: وعظ

Translation

They said: "It is the same to us whether thou admonish us or be not among (our) admonishers!

A. Yusuf Ali · EN · public-domain

"Dediler ki: "Sen ha vaaz etmişsin, ha vaaz edenlerden olmamışsın, bizce birdir."

Elmalılı Hamdi Yazır · TR · public-domain

(Kavmi ise) şöyle demişti: “Öğüt versen de öğüt verenlerden olmasan da bizim için birdir.

Mehmet Okuyan · TR · all-rights-reserved

They said: It is all one to us whether thou preachest or art not of those who preach;

M. Pickthall · EN · public-domain