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Al-An'am (The Cattle)

Verse 53of 165

وَكَذَٰلِكَ فَتَنَّا بَعْضَهُم بِبَعْضٍۢ لِّيَقُولُوٓا۟ أَهَٰٓؤُلَآءِ مَنَّ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيْهِم مِّنۢ بَيْنِنَآ ۗ أَلَيْسَ ٱللَّهُ بِأَعْلَمَ بِٱلشَّٰكِرِينَ﴿٥٣

Translation (Sahih International)

And thus We have tried some of them through others that the disbelievers might say, "Is it these whom Allah has favored among us?" Is not Allah most knowing of those who are grateful?

Word-by-word meaning

وَكَذَٰلِكَwakadhālikaAnd thus
فَتَنَّاfatannāWe try
بَعْضَهُمbaʿḍahumsome of them
بِبَعْضٍۢbibaʿḍinwith others
لِّيَقُولُوٓا۟liyaqūlūthat they say
أَهَـٰٓؤُلَآءِahāulāiAre these
مَنَّmanna(whom has been) favored
ٱللَّهُl-lahu(by) Allah
عَلَيْهِمʿalayhim[upon them]
مِّنۢminfrom
بَيْنِنَآ ۗbaynināamong us
أَلَيْسَalaysais not
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
بِأَعْلَمَbi-aʿlamamost knowing
بِٱلشَّـٰكِرِينَbil-shākirīnaof those who are grateful

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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