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Verse 39of 165

وَٱلَّذِينَ كَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا صُمٌّۭ وَبُكْمٌۭ فِى ٱلظُّلُمَٰتِ ۗ مَن يَشَإِ ٱللَّهُ يُضْلِلْهُ وَمَن يَشَأْ يَجْعَلْهُ عَلَىٰ صِرَٰطٍۢ مُّسْتَقِيمٍۢ﴿٣٩

Translation (Sahih International)

But those who deny Our verses are deaf and dumb within darknesses. Whomever Allah wills - He leaves astray; and whomever He wills - He puts him on a straight path.

Word-by-word meaning

وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaAnd those who
كَذَّبُوا۟kadhabūrejected
بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَاbiāyātināOur Verses
صُمٌّۭṣummun(are) deaf
وَبُكْمٌۭwabuk'munand dumb
فِىin
ٱلظُّلُمَـٰتِ ۗl-ẓulumātithe darkness[es]
مَنmanWhoever
يَشَإِyasha-iwills
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
يُضْلِلْهُyuḍ'lil'huHe lets him go astray
وَمَنwamanand whoever
يَشَأْyashaHe wills
يَجْعَلْهُyajʿalhuHe places him
عَلَىٰʿalāon
صِرَٰطٍۢṣirāṭin(the) way
مُّسْتَقِيمٍۢmus'taqīmin(the) straight

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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