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Surah Yaseen · سُوْرَةُ يٰسٓ · Juz 22

Q 36:19

قَالُوا۟ طَـٰٓئِرُكُم مَّعَكُمْ ۚ أَئِن ذُكِّرْتُم ۚ بَلْ أَنتُمْ قَوْمٌ مُّسْرِفُونَ

Translations

They said, "Your omen is with yourselves. Is it because you were reminded? Rather, you are a transgressing people."
Sahih International · EN
Ils dirent: «Votre mauvais présage est avec vous-mêmes. Est-ce que (c'est ainsi que vous agissez) quand on vous [le] rappelle? Mais vous êtes des gens outranciers!»
Muhammad Hamidullah · FR

Tafsir

The messengers said in response to them: Your evil omen is within yourselves on account of your denial of Allah and your leaving out following His messengers. Do you see an evil omen if we reminded you of Allah! In fact, you are a people who have gone too far in the perpetration of disbelief and sins.

Al-Mukhtasar fi Tafsir al-Quran · Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies
Read Ibn Kathir (Ibn Kathir (abridged, English))
They (people) said: "For us, we see an evil omen from you; if you cease not, we will surely stone you, and a painful torment will touch you from us. (18)They (Messengers) said: "Your evil omens be with you! Because you are admonished? Nay, but you are a people mischievous.") Then the people of the city said to the (19) إِنَّا تَطَيَّرْنَا بِكُمْ (For us, we see an evil omen from you;) meaning, 'we do not see in your faces any sign of good for our lives.' Qatadah said, "They were saying, 'if something bad befalls us, it will be because of you.'" Mujahid said, "They were saying: People like you never enter a town, but its people are punished." لَئِنْ لَمْ تَنْتَهُوا لَنَرْجُمَنَّكُمْ (if you cease not, we will surely stone you,) Qatadah said, "By throwing stones at you." وَلَيَمَسَّنَّكُمْ مِنَّا عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ (and a painful torment will touch you from us.) means, a severe punishment. Their Messengers said to them: طَائِرُكُمْ مَعَكُمْ (Your evil omens be with you!) meaning, 'they are thrown back at you.' This is like the Ayah where Allah describes the people of Fir'awn: فَإِذَا جَاءَتْهُمُ الْحَسَنَةُ قَالُوا لَنَا هَٰذِهِ ۖ وَإِنْ تُصِبْهُمْ سَيِّئَةٌ يَطَّيَّرُوا بِمُوسَىٰ وَمَنْ مَعَهُ ۗ أَلَا إِنَّمَا طَائِرُهُمْ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ (But whenever good came to them, they said: "Ours is this." And if evil afflicted them, they ascribed it to evil omens connected with Musa and those with him. Be informed! Verily, their evil omens are with Allah)(7:131). And the people of Salih said: اطَّيَّرْنَا بِكَ وَبِمَنْ مَعَكَ ۚ قَالَ طَائِرُكُمْ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ ("We augur ill omen from you and those with you." He said: "Your ill omen is with Allah.")(27:47) And Allah said: وَإِنْ تُصِبْهُمْ حَسَنَةٌ يَقُولُوا هَٰذِهِ مِنْ عِنْدِ اللَّهِ ۖ وَإِنْ تُصِبْهُمْ سَيِّئَةٌ يَقُولُوا هَٰذِهِ مِنْ عِنْدِكَ ۚ قُلْ كُلٌّ مِنْ عِنْدِ اللَّهِ ۖ فَمَالِ هَٰؤُلَاءِ الْقَوْمِ لَا يَكَادُونَ يَفْقَهُونَ حَدِيثًا (And if some good reaches them, they say, "This is from Allah," but if some evil befalls them, they say, "This is from you." Say: "All things are from Allah," so what is wrong with these people that they fail to understand any word?)(4:78) أَئِنْ ذُكِّرْتُمْ ۚ بَلْ أَنْتُمْ قَوْمٌ مُسْرِفُونَ ((Do you call it "evil omen") because you are admonished? Nay, but you are a people mischievous.) means, 'because of us, because we admonished you and told you to worship Allah Alone and with all sincerity, and in return you said what you said and threatened us. Nay, but you are a mischievous people.' Qatadah said, "This means, 'Because we reminded you about Allah, you saw an evil omen in us. Nay, but you are a mischievous people'."

Arabic text: Tanzil (Uthmani). Translations: Sahih International (en), Muhammad Hamidullah (fr). tanzil.net