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Al-Ahqaf (The Wind-Curved Sandhills)

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وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لِلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ لَوْ كَانَ خَيْرًۭا مَّا سَبَقُونَآ إِلَيْهِ ۚ وَإِذْ لَمْ يَهْتَدُوا۟ بِهِۦ فَسَيَقُولُونَ هَٰذَآ إِفْكٌۭ قَدِيمٌۭ﴿١١

Translation (Sahih International)

And those who disbelieve say of those who believe, "If it had [truly] been good, they would not have preceded us to it." And when they are not guided by it, they will say, "This is an ancient falsehood."

Word-by-word meaning

وَقَالَwaqālaAnd say
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
كَفَرُوا۟kafarūdisbelieve
لِلَّذِينَlilladhīnaof those who
ءَامَنُوا۟āmanūbelieve
لَوْlawIf
كَانَkānait had been
خَيْرًۭاkhayrangood
مَّاnot
سَبَقُونَآsabaqūnāthey (would) have preceded us
إِلَيْهِ ۚilayhito it
وَإِذْwa-idhAnd when
لَمْlamnot
يَهْتَدُوا۟yahtadūthey (are) guided
بِهِۦbihiby it
فَسَيَقُولُونَfasayaqūlūnathey say
هَـٰذَآhādhāThis
إِفْكٌۭif'kun(is) a lie
قَدِيمٌۭqadīmunancient

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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