Tabari

Tafseer of The Poets · Ash-Shu'araa · 26:136

قَالُوا۟ سَوَآءٌ عَلَيْنَآ أَوَعَظْتَ أَمْ لَمْ تَكُن مِّنَ ٱلْوَٰعِظِينَ

They said, "It is all the same to us whether you advise or are not of the advisors.

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Tabari (1 passage)

  1. Full Dutch translation of Tabari's text

    Allah, exalted be His mention, says: The ʿĀd said to their prophet Hūd, peace be upon him: It is the same to us whether you admonish us or do not admonish us — we will not believe you nor affirm you in what you have brought us.

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    يقول تعالى ذكره: قالت عاد لنبيهم هود صلى الله عليه وسلم: معتدل عندنا وعظك إيانا, وتركك الوعظ, فلن نؤمن لك ولن نصدّقك على ما جئتنا به.