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Al-Ahqaf (The Wind-Curved Sandhills)

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قَالُوا۟ يَٰقَوْمَنَآ إِنَّا سَمِعْنَا كِتَٰبًا أُنزِلَ مِنۢ بَعْدِ مُوسَىٰ مُصَدِّقًۭا لِّمَا بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ يَهْدِىٓ إِلَى ٱلْحَقِّ وَإِلَىٰ طَرِيقٍۢ مُّسْتَقِيمٍۢ﴿٣٠

Translation (Sahih International)

They said, "O our people, indeed we have heard a [recited] Book revealed after Moses confirming what was before it which guides to the truth and to a straight path.

Word-by-word meaning

قَالُوا۟qālūThey said
يَـٰقَوْمَنَآyāqawmanāO our people
إِنَّاinnāIndeed, we
سَمِعْنَاsamiʿ'nā[we] have heard
كِتَـٰبًاkitābana Book
أُنزِلَunzilarevealed
مِنۢminafter
بَعْدِbaʿdiafter
مُوسَىٰmūsāMusa
مُصَدِّقًۭاmuṣaddiqanconfirming
لِّمَاlimāwhat
بَيْنَbayna(was) before it
يَدَيْهِyadayhi(was) before it
يَهْدِىٓyahdīguiding
إِلَىilāto
ٱلْحَقِّl-ḥaqithe truth
وَإِلَىٰwa-ilāand to
طَرِيقٍۢṭarīqina Path
مُّسْتَقِيمٍۢmus'taqīminStraight

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Story of the Jinns listening to the Qur'anImam Ahmad recorded from Az-Zubayr that he commented on the Ayah;وَإِذْ صَرَفْنَآ إِلَيْكَ نَفَراً مِّنَ الْجِنِّ يَسْتَمِعُونَ الْقُرْءَانَ(And (remember) when We sent towards you a group of the Jinn, to listen to the Qur'an.) "They were at a place called Nakhlah while Allah's Messenger ﷺ was performing the `Isha' prayer, andكَادُواْ يَكُونُونَ عَلَيْهِ لِبَداً(they crowded on top of each other to hear him.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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