Tafsir Al-Jalalayn: Al-Muminoon, Ayah 47
فَقَالُوٓا۟ أَنُؤْمِنُ لِبَشَرَيْنِ مِثْلِنَا وَقَوْمُهُمَا لَنَا عَٰبِدُونَ
They said, "Should we believe two men like ourselves while their people are for us in servitude?"
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(And they said: Shall we put faith in two mortals) two human beings, meaning Moses and Aaron (like ourselves, and whose folk are servile unto us) while their people are our obedient servants?
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And they said ‘Shall we believe two humans like ourselves while their people are servile to us?’ obedient and submissive.