Verse. 1699

١٢ - يُوسُف

12 - Yusuf

وَمَاۗ اَكْثَرُ النَّاسِ وَلَوْ حَرَصْتَ ￀مِنِيْنَ۝۱۰۳
Wama aktharu alnnasi walaw harasta bimumineena

English

Ahmed Ali

Many men will not believe howsoever you wish,

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Tafseer

'Abdullāh Ibn 'Abbās / Muḥammad al-Fīrūzabādī

تفسير : (and though thou try much) no matter how hard you try, (most men) the people of mecca (will not believe) in the scriptures and messengers.

Jalāl al-Dīn al-Maḥallī

تفسير : yet, most people, that is, the people of mecca, however eager you might be, that they believe, will not believe.