The elders of his people replied: "We see clearly that you have gone astray."
The leaders of his people said, “Indeed we see you in open error.”
Said the Council of his people, 'We see thee in manifest error.'
The great ones among his people replied: "Verily, we see that thou art obviously lost in error!"
The chiefs of his people said: verily we see thee in error manifest.
The leaders of his people said: "Verily, we see you in plain error."
The dignitaries among his people said, “We see that you are in obvious error.”
The leading men of his people replied: 'We see that you are in palpable error.'
The leaders of his people said: "Verily, we see you in plain error."
The chieftains of his people said: Lo! we see thee surely in plain error.
The elite of his people said, ‘Indeed we see you in manifest error.’
But the assembly of his nation said: 'We can see that you are in clear error.'
Said the eminent among his people, "Indeed, we see you in clear error."
A group of his people said to him, "You are absolutely wrong."
The chiefs of his people said: Most surely we see you in clear error.
Q<u>a</u>la almalao min qawmihi inn<u>a</u> lanar<u>a</u>ka fee <u>d</u>al<u>a</u>lin mubeen<b>in</b>
but the leading men of his people said, "Truly, we see that you are obviously lost in error!"
The leaders of his people said: "Ah! we see thee evidently wandering (in mind)."
قَالَ ٱلْمَلَأُ مِن قَوْمِهِۦٓ إِنَّا لَنَرَىٰكَ فِى ضَلَٰلٍ مُّبِينٍ
The leaders and notables among his people said: 'O Noah! Indeed we think you are in clear error.
The leaders and notables among his people said: 'O Noah! Indeed we think you are in clear error.
<p>In reply, his people said: إِنَّا لَنَرَ‌اكَ فِي ضَلَالٍ مُّبِينٍ ("Indeed we see you in an obvious error" ). The word: مَلَاء (mala' ) is used for chiefs, headmen and empowered elders of a community or group. The sense of what his people said in response to his call was to tell him that he was actually trying to wean them away from their ancestral faith and that all these ideas of rising on some last day and being rewarded or punished were nothing but superstition.</p>
In reply, his people said: إِنَّا لَنَرَ‌اكَ فِي ضَلَالٍ مُّبِينٍ ("Indeed we see you in an obvious error" ). The word: مَلَاء (mala' ) is used for chiefs, headmen and empowered elders of a community or group. The sense of what his people said in response to his call was to tell him that he was actually trying to wean them away from their ancestral faith and that all these ideas of rising on some last day and being rewarded or punished were nothing but superstition.