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Al-Ahqaf (The Wind-Curved Sandhills)

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قُلْ مَا كُنتُ بِدْعًۭا مِّنَ ٱلرُّسُلِ وَمَآ أَدْرِى مَا يُفْعَلُ بِى وَلَا بِكُمْ ۖ إِنْ أَتَّبِعُ إِلَّا مَا يُوحَىٰٓ إِلَىَّ وَمَآ أَنَا۠ إِلَّا نَذِيرٌۭ مُّبِينٌۭ﴿٩

Translation (Sahih International)

Say, "I am not something original among the messengers, nor do I know what will be done with me or with you. I only follow that which is revealed to me, and I am not but a clear warner."

Word-by-word meaning

قُلْqulSay
مَاNot
كُنتُkuntuI am
بِدْعًۭاbid'ʿana new (one)
مِّنَminaamong
ٱلرُّسُلِl-rusulithe Messengers
وَمَآwamāand not
أَدْرِىadrīI know
مَاwhat
يُفْعَلُyuf'ʿaluwill be done
بِىwith me
وَلَاwalāand not
بِكُمْ ۖbikumwith you
إِنْinNot
أَتَّبِعُattabiʿuI follow
إِلَّاillābut
مَاwhat
يُوحَىٰٓyūḥāis revealed
إِلَىَّilayyato me
وَمَآwamāand not
أَنَا۠anāI am
إِلَّاillābut
نَذِيرٌۭnadhīruna warner
مُّبِينٌۭmubīnunclear

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Refuting Claims of the Idolators about the Qur'an and the MessengerConcerning the disbelief and rebellion of the idolators, Allah says that when the clear Ayat of Allah are recited to them they say;هَـذَا سِحْرٌ مُّبِينٌ(This is plain magic!) meaning, simple magic. In this statement of theirs, they have lied, invented a falsehood, went astray and disbelieved.أَمْ يَقُولُونَ افْتَرَاهُ(Or they say: "He has fabricated it." ) They are referring to Muhammad .

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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