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Al-An'am (The Cattle)

Verse 111of 165

۞ وَلَوْ أَنَّنَا نَزَّلْنَآ إِلَيْهِمُ ٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةَ وَكَلَّمَهُمُ ٱلْمَوْتَىٰ وَحَشَرْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ كُلَّ شَىْءٍۢ قُبُلًۭا مَّا كَانُوا۟ لِيُؤْمِنُوٓا۟ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَهُمْ يَجْهَلُونَ﴿١١١﴾

Translation (Sahih International)

And even if We had sent down to them the angels [with the message] and the dead spoke to them [of it] and We gathered together every [created] thing in front of them, they would not believe unless Allah should will. But most of them, [of that], are ignorant.

Word-by-word meaning

۞ وَلَوْwalawAnd (even) if
أَنَّنَاannanā[that] We (had)
نَزَّلْنَآnazzalnā[We] sent down
إِلَيْهِمُilayhimuto them
ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةَl-malāikatathe Angels
وَكَلَّمَهُمُwakallamahumuand spoken to them
ٱلْمَوْتَىٰl-mawtāthe dead
وَحَشَرْنَاwaḥasharnāand We gathered
عَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimbefore them
كُلَّkullaevery
شَىْءٍۢshayinthing
قُبُلًۭاqubulanface to face
مَّاmānot
كَانُوا۟kānūthey were
لِيُؤْمِنُوٓا۟liyu'minūto believe
إِلَّآillāunless
أَنan[that]
يَشَآءَyashāawills
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
وَلَـٰكِنَّwalākinnaBut
أَكْثَرَهُمْaktharahummost of them
يَجْهَلُونَyajhalūna(are) ignorant

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

أَوْ تَأْتِىَ بِاللَّهِ وَالْمَلَـئِكَةِ قَبِيلاً(or you bring Allah and the angels before (us) face to face.) 17:92 قَالُواْ لَن نُّؤْمِنَ حَتَّى نُؤْتَى مِثْلَ مَآ أُوتِىَ رُسُلُ اللَّهِ(They said: "We shall not believe until we receive the like of that which the Messengers of Allah had received.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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