قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّا تَطَيَّرْنَا بِكُمْ ۖ لَئِن لَّمْ تَنتَهُوا۟ لَنَرْجُمَنَّكُمْ وَلَيَمَسَّنَّكُم مِّنَّا عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌۭ
They said, "Indeed, we consider you a bad omen. If you do not desist, we will surely stone you, and there will surely touch you, from us, a painful punishment."
Translation · Saheeh International
Ibn Kathīr (abridged)
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."
لَئِن لَّمْ تَنتَهُواْ لَنَرْجُمَنَّكُمْ
(if you cease not, we will surely stone you,) Qatadah said, "By throwing stones at you."
وَلَيَمَسَّنَّكُمْ مِّنَّا عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ
(and a painful torment will touch you from us.) means, a severe punishment. Their Messengers said to them:
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