"They said, 'O Shu'ayb, we do not understand much of what you say,'" meaning: we do not accept it, even though they understood it and the evidence had been established against them. "'And indeed, we consider you among us as weak.'" Sufyan said: He was blind. "'And if not for your family, we would have stoned you'" with stones, "'and you are not to us one who is powerful,'" meaning respected, and he was [formerly] one of their nobles.
﴿قَالُوا يَا شُعَيْبُ مَا نَفْقَهُ كثيرا مِمَّا تَقول﴾ أَيْ: إِنَّا لَا نَقْبَلُ، وَقَدْ فَهِمُوهُ وَقَامَتْ عَلَيْهِمْ بِهِ الْحُجَّةُ ﴿وَإِنَّا لنراك فِينَا ضَعِيفا﴾ قَالَ سُفْيَانُ: كَانَ أَعْمَى ﴿وَلَوْلا رهطك لرجمناك﴾ ﴿ل ١٥٠﴾ بِالْحِجَارَةِ ﴿وَمَا أَنْتَ عَلَيْنَا بِعَزِيزٍ﴾ بعظيم، وَكَانَ من أَشْرَافهم.
