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Al-Ahqaf (The Wind-Curved Sandhills)

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وَمِن قَبْلِهِۦ كِتَٰبُ مُوسَىٰٓ إِمَامًۭا وَرَحْمَةًۭ ۚ وَهَٰذَا كِتَٰبٌۭ مُّصَدِّقٌۭ لِّسَانًا عَرَبِيًّۭا لِّيُنذِرَ ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ وَبُشْرَىٰ لِلْمُحْسِنِينَ﴿١٢

Translation (Sahih International)

And before it was the scripture of Moses to lead and as a mercy. And this is a confirming Book in an Arabic tongue to warn those who have wronged and as good tidings to the doers of good.

Word-by-word meaning

وَمِنwaminAnd before it
قَبْلِهِۦqablihiAnd before it
كِتَـٰبُkitābu(was the) Scripture
مُوسَىٰٓmūsā(of) Musa
إِمَامًۭاimāman(as) a guide
وَرَحْمَةًۭ ۚwaraḥmatanand a mercy
وَهَـٰذَاwahādhāAnd this
كِتَـٰبٌۭkitābun(is) a Book
مُّصَدِّقٌۭmuṣaddiqunconfirming
لِّسَانًاlisānan(in) language
عَرَبِيًّۭاʿarabiyyanArabic
لِّيُنذِرَliyundhirato warn
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
ظَلَمُوا۟ẓalamūdo wrong
وَبُشْرَىٰwabush'rāand (as) glad tidings
لِلْمُحْسِنِينَlil'muḥ'sinīnafor the good-doers

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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