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Al-Ahqaf (The Wind-Curved Sandhills)

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وَمَن لَّا يُجِبْ دَاعِىَ ٱللَّهِ فَلَيْسَ بِمُعْجِزٍۢ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَلَيْسَ لَهُۥ مِن دُونِهِۦٓ أَوْلِيَآءُ ۚ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ فِى ضَلَٰلٍۢ مُّبِينٍ﴿٣٢

Translation (Sahih International)

But he who does not respond to the Caller of Allah will not cause failure [to Him] upon earth, and he will not have besides Him any protectors. Those are in manifest error."

Word-by-word meaning

وَمَنwamanAnd whoever
لَّا(does) not
يُجِبْyujibrespond
دَاعِىَdāʿiya(to the) caller
ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
فَلَيْسَfalaysathen not
بِمُعْجِزٍۢbimuʿ'jizinhe can escape
فِىin
ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth
وَلَيْسَwalaysaand not
لَهُۥlahufor him
مِنminbesides Him
دُونِهِۦٓdūnihibesides Him
أَوْلِيَآءُ ۚawliyāuprotectors
أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāikaThose
فِى(are) in
ضَلَـٰلٍۢḍalālinerror
مُّبِينٍmubīninclear

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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