They said to Nuh: "Shall we submit to you or believe in - Surah Ash-Shu‘ara’ ayat 111 in Tafsir

﴿۞ قَالُوٓاْ أَنُؤۡمِنُ لَكَ وَٱتَّبَعَكَ ٱلۡأَرۡذَلُونَ ﴾
[الشعراء: 111]

They said to Nuh: "Shall we submit to you or believe in you and conform to your desire when it is only the contemptible who espoused your cause

﴿قالوا أنؤمن لك واتبعك الأرذلون﴾ [الشعراء: 111]

Dr Kamal Omar
They said: “Shall we Believe for your sake while (only) those who belong to the lower-strata of society have followed you?”

Dr Laleh Bakhtiar
They said: Will we believe in thee when it is the most wretched that followed thee

Dr Munir Munshey
They said, "Shall we believe you? Only the humble humdrum (and the despised) are following you

Edward Henry Palmer
They said, 'Shall we believe in thee, when the reprobates follow thee

Farook Malik
They replied: "Should we believe in you, whereas your followers are but the lowest of the low

George Sale
They answered, shall we believe on thee, when only the most abject persons have followed thee

Maududi
They answered: "Shall we accept you even though it is the meanest of people who follow you