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Verse 7of 165

وَلَوْ نَزَّلْنَا عَلَيْكَ كِتَٰبًۭا فِى قِرْطَاسٍۢ فَلَمَسُوهُ بِأَيْدِيهِمْ لَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوٓا۟ إِنْ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا سِحْرٌۭ مُّبِينٌۭ﴿٧

Translation (Sahih International)

And even if We had sent down to you, [O Muhammad], a written scripture on a page and they touched it with their hands, the disbelievers would say, "This is not but obvious magic."

Word-by-word meaning

وَلَوْwalawAnd (even) if
نَزَّلْنَاnazzalnāWe (had) sent down
عَلَيْكَʿalaykato you
كِتَـٰبًۭاkitābana written Scripture
فِىin
قِرْطَاسٍۢqir'ṭāsina parchment
فَلَمَسُوهُfalamasūhuand they touched it
بِأَيْدِيهِمْbi-aydīhimwith their hands
لَقَالَlaqālasurely (would) have said
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
كَفَرُوٓا۟kafarūdisbelieved
إِنْinNot
هَـٰذَآhādhā(is) this
إِلَّاillābut
سِحْرٌۭsiḥ'runmagic
مُّبِينٌۭmubīnunclear

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Censuring the Rebellious and their Refusal to Accept Human MessengersAllah describes the rebellion and stubbornness of the idolators in defying the truth and arguing against it, وَلَوْ نَزَّلْنَا عَلَيْكَ كِتَـباً فِى قِرْطَاسٍ فَلَمَسُوهُ بِأَيْدِيهِمْ(And even if We had sent down unto you a Message written on paper so that they could touch it with their hands,) meaning, if they saw this Message's descent and were eye- witnesses to that, لَقَالَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ إِنْ هَـذَآ إِلاَّ سِحْرٌ مُّ...

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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