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Al-An'am (The Cattle)

Verse 38of 165

وَمَا مِن دَآبَّةٍۢ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَلَا طَٰٓئِرٍۢ يَطِيرُ بِجَنَاحَيْهِ إِلَّآ أُمَمٌ أَمْثَالُكُم ۚ مَّا فَرَّطْنَا فِى ٱلْكِتَٰبِ مِن شَىْءٍۢ ۚ ثُمَّ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِمْ يُحْشَرُونَ﴿٣٨

Translation (Sahih International)

And there is no creature on [or within] the earth or bird that flies with its wings except [that they are] communities like you. We have not neglected in the Register a thing. Then unto their Lord they will be gathered.

Word-by-word meaning

وَمَاwamāAnd not
مِنmin[of]
دَآبَّةٍۢdābbatinany animal
فِىin
ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth
وَلَاwalāand not
طَـٰٓئِرٍۢṭāirina bird
يَطِيرُyaṭīru(that) flies
بِجَنَاحَيْهِbijanāḥayhiwith its wings
إِلَّآillābut
أُمَمٌumamun(are) communities
أَمْثَالُكُم ۚamthālukumlike you
مَّاNot
فَرَّطْنَاfarraṭnāWe have neglected
فِىin
ٱلْكِتَـٰبِl-kitābithe Book
مِنmin[of]
شَىْءٍۢ ۚshayinanything
ثُمَّthummathen
إِلَىٰilāto
رَبِّهِمْrabbihimtheir Lord
يُحْشَرُونَyuḥ'sharūnathey will be gathered

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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