Surah 26 · verse 111
Ash-Shu'ara 26:111
Sign in to listenقَالُوا أَنُؤْمِنُ لَكَ وَاتَّبَعَكَ الْأَرْذَلُونَ
qalu a-nu'min laka wa-ittaba'aka al-ardhalun
They said, "Should we believe you while you are followed by the lowest [class of people]?"
Saheeh International translation
Context in the surah
فَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ
So fear Allah and obey me.
Verse 109وَمَا أَسْأَلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ ۖ إِنْ أَجْرِيَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ
And I do not ask you for it any payment. My payment is only from the Lord of the worlds.
Verse 110فَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ
So fear Allah and obey me."
قَالُوا أَنُؤْمِنُ لَكَ وَاتَّبَعَكَ الْأَرْذَلُونَ
They said, "Should we believe you while you are followed by the lowest [class of people]?"
قَالَ وَمَا عِلْمِي بِمَا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ
He said, "And what is my knowledge of what they used to do?
Verse 113إِنْ حِسَابُهُمْ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّي ۖ لَوْ تَشْعُرُونَ
Their account is only upon my Lord, if you [could] perceive.
Verse 114وَمَا أَنَا بِطَارِدِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ
And I am not one to drive away the believers.