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Al-An'am (The Cattle)

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قُل لَّآ أَقُولُ لَكُمْ عِندِى خَزَآئِنُ ٱللَّهِ وَلَآ أَعْلَمُ ٱلْغَيْبَ وَلَآ أَقُولُ لَكُمْ إِنِّى مَلَكٌ ۖ إِنْ أَتَّبِعُ إِلَّا مَا يُوحَىٰٓ إِلَىَّ ۚ قُلْ هَلْ يَسْتَوِى ٱلْأَعْمَىٰ وَٱلْبَصِيرُ ۚ أَفَلَا تَتَفَكَّرُونَ﴿٥٠

Translation (Sahih International)

Say, [O Muhammad], "I do not tell you that I have the depositories [containing the provision] of Allah or that I know the unseen, nor do I tell you that I am an angel. I only follow what is revealed to me." Say, "Is the blind equivalent to the seeing? Then will you not give thought?"

Word-by-word meaning

قُلqulSay
لَّآNot
أَقُولُaqūlu(do) I say
لَكُمْlakumto you
عِندِىʿindī(that) with me
خَزَآئِنُkhazāinu(are the) treasures
ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
وَلَآwalāand not
أَعْلَمُaʿlamu(that) I know
ٱلْغَيْبَl-ghaybathe unseen
وَلَآwalāand not
أَقُولُaqūluI say
لَكُمْlakumto you
إِنِّىinnīthat I (am)
مَلَكٌ ۖmalakunan Angel
إِنْinNot
أَتَّبِعُattabiʿu(do) I follow
إِلَّاillāexcept
مَاwhat
يُوحَىٰٓyūḥāis revealed
إِلَىَّ ۚilayyato me
قُلْqulSay
هَلْhalCan
يَسْتَوِىyastawībe equal
ٱلْأَعْمَىٰl-aʿmāthe blind
وَٱلْبَصِيرُ ۚwal-baṣīruand the seeing one
أَفَلَاafalāThen will not
تَتَفَكَّرُونَtatafakkarūnayou give thought

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Messenger Neither has the Key to Allah's Treasures, Nor Knows the UnseenAllah said to His Messenger ,قُل لاَّ أَقُولُ لَكُمْ عِندِى خَزَآئِنُ اللَّهِ(Say: "I don't tell you that with me are the treasures of Allah.") meaning, I do not own Allah's treasures or have any power over them,وَلا أَعْلَمُ الْغَيْبَ(nor (that) I know the Unseen,) and I do not say that I know the Unseen, because its knowledge is with Allah and I only know what He conveys of it to me.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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