قَالُوا۟ یَـٰصَـٰلِحُ قَدۡ كُنتَ فِینَا مَرۡجُوࣰّا قَبۡلَ هَـٰذَاۤۖ أَتَنۡهَىٰنَاۤ أَن نَّعۡبُدَ مَا یَعۡبُدُ ءَابَاۤؤُنَا وَإِنَّنَا لَفِی شَكࣲّ مِّمَّا تَدۡعُونَاۤ إِلَیۡهِ مُرِیبࣲ ۝٦٢
qālū yāṣāliḥu qad kunta fīnā marjuwwan qabla hādhā atanhānā an naʿbuda mā yaʿbudu ābāunā wa-innanā lafī shakkin mimmā tadʿūnā ilayhi murībi
Abdel Haleem: They said, ‘Salih, We used to have such great hope in you. Will you forbid us to worship what our fathers worshipped? We are in grave doubt about what you are asking us to do.’

Interlinear Analysis

1
qālū
قالَ
Root: ق و ل
Verb
2
yāṣāliḥu
صالِح
Root: ص ل ح
Noun
3
qad
قَد
Root: ق د
Prep.
4
kunta
كانَ
Root: ك و ن
Verb
5
fīnā
فِي
Root: ف ي
Prep.
6
marjuwwan
مَرْجُوّ
Root: ر ج و
Noun
7
qabla
قَبْل
Root: ق ب ل
Noun
8
hādhā
ذا
Root: ذ ل ك
Noun
9
atanhānā
نَهَى
Root: ن ه ي
Verb
10
an
أَن
Root: أ ن
Prep.
11
naʿbuda
عَبَدَ
Root: ع ب د
Verb
12
ما
Root: م ا
Noun
13
yaʿbudu
عَبَدَ
Root: ع ب د
Verb
14
ābāunā
آباء
Root: أ ب و
Noun
15
wa-innanā
إِنّ
Root: ا ن
Prep.
16
lafī
فِي
Root: ف ي
Prep.
17
shakkin
شَكّ
Root: ش ك ك
Noun
18
mimmā
مِن
Root: م ن
Prep.
19
tadʿūnā
دَعا
Root: د ع و
Verb
20
ilayhi
إِلَى
Root: ا ل ي
Prep.
21
murībin
مُرِيب
Root: ر ي ب
Noun