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Al-An'am (The Cattle)

Verse 37of 165

وَقَالُوا۟ لَوْلَا نُزِّلَ عَلَيْهِ ءَايَةٌۭ مِّن رَّبِّهِۦ ۚ قُلْ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ قَادِرٌ عَلَىٰٓ أَن يُنَزِّلَ ءَايَةًۭ وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ﴿٣٧

Translation (Sahih International)

And they say, "Why has a sign not been sent down to him from his Lord?" Say, "Indeed, Allah is Able to send down a sign, but most of them do not know."

Word-by-word meaning

وَقَالُوا۟waqālūAnd they said
لَوْلَاlawlāWhy (is) not
نُزِّلَnuzzilasent down
عَلَيْهِʿalayhito him
ءَايَةٌۭāyatuna Sign
مِّنminfrom
رَّبِّهِۦ ۚrabbihihis Lord
قُلْqulSay
إِنَّinnaIndeed
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
قَادِرٌqādirun(is) Able
عَلَىٰٓʿalā[on]
أَنanto
يُنَزِّلَyunazzilasend down
ءَايَةًۭāyatana Sign
وَلَـٰكِنَّwalākinnabut
أَكْثَرَهُمْaktharahummost of them
لَا(do) not
يَعْلَمُونَyaʿlamūnaknow

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Idolators Ask for a MiracleAllah states that the idolators used to proclaim, "Why does not (Muhammad) bring an Ayah from his Lord," meaning, a miracle of their choice! They would sometimes say, لَن نُّؤْمِنَ لَكَ حَتَّى تَفْجُرَ لَنَا مِنَ الاٌّرْضِ يَنْبُوعًا("We shall not believe in you, until you cause a spring to gush forth from the ground for us.") 17:90.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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