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Verse 8of 165

وَقَالُوا۟ لَوْلَآ أُنزِلَ عَلَيْهِ مَلَكٌۭ ۖ وَلَوْ أَنزَلْنَا مَلَكًۭا لَّقُضِىَ ٱلْأَمْرُ ثُمَّ لَا يُنظَرُونَ﴿٨

Translation (Sahih International)

And they say, "Why was there not sent down to him an angel?" But if We had sent down an angel, the matter would have been decided; then they would not be reprieved.

Word-by-word meaning

وَقَالُوا۟waqālūAnd they said
لَوْلَآlawlāWhy has not been
أُنزِلَunzilasent down
عَلَيْهِʿalayhito him
مَلَكٌۭ ۖmalakunan Angel
وَلَوْwalawAnd if
أَنزَلْنَاanzalnāWe (had) sent down
مَلَكًۭاmalakanan Angel
لَّقُضِىَlaquḍiyasurely (would) have been decided
ٱلْأَمْرُl-amruthe matter
ثُمَّthummathen
لَاno
يُنظَرُونَyunẓarūnarespite would have been granted to them

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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