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Al-Ahqaf (The Wind-Curved Sandhills)

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قُلْ أَرَءَيْتُمْ إِن كَانَ مِنْ عِندِ ٱللَّهِ وَكَفَرْتُم بِهِۦ وَشَهِدَ شَاهِدٌۭ مِّنۢ بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ عَلَىٰ مِثْلِهِۦ فَـَٔامَنَ وَٱسْتَكْبَرْتُمْ ۖ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يَهْدِى ٱلْقَوْمَ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ﴿١٠

Translation (Sahih International)

Say, "Have you considered: if the Qur'an was from Allah, and you disbelieved in it while a witness from the Children of Israel has testified to something similar and believed while you were arrogant...?" Indeed, Allah does not guide the wrongdoing people.

Word-by-word meaning

قُلْqulSay
أَرَءَيْتُمْara-aytumDo you see
إِنinif
كَانَkānait is
مِنْminfrom Allah
عِندِʿindifrom Allah
ٱللَّهِl-lahifrom Allah
وَكَفَرْتُمwakafartumand you disbelieve
بِهِۦbihiin it
وَشَهِدَwashahidaand testifies
شَاهِدٌۭshāhiduna witness
مِّنۢminfrom
بَنِىٓbanī(the) Children of Israel
إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَis'rāīla(the) Children of Israel
عَلَىٰʿalāto
مِثْلِهِۦmith'lihi(the) like thereof
فَـَٔامَنَfaāmanathen he believed
وَٱسْتَكْبَرْتُمْ ۖwa-is'takbartumwhile you are arrogant
إِنَّinnaIndeed
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
لَا(does) not
يَهْدِىyahdīguide
ٱلْقَوْمَl-qawmathe people
ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَl-ẓālimīnathe wrongdoers

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Qur'an is Allah's True Speech and the Position of the Disbelievers and the Muslims towards itAllah says,قُلْ(Say) meaning, `O Muhammad to these idolators who disbelieve in the Qur'an.'أَرَءَيْتُمْ إِن كَانَ(Tell me! If it was) meaning, this Qur'an.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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