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Verse 9of 165

وَلَوْ جَعَلْنَٰهُ مَلَكًۭا لَّجَعَلْنَٰهُ رَجُلًۭا وَلَلَبَسْنَا عَلَيْهِم مَّا يَلْبِسُونَ﴿٩

Translation (Sahih International)

And if We had made him an angel, We would have made him [appear as] a man, and We would have covered them with that in which they cover themselves.

Word-by-word meaning

وَلَوْwalawAnd if
جَعَلْنَـٰهُjaʿalnāhuWe had made him
مَلَكًۭاmalakanan Angel
لَّجَعَلْنَـٰهُlajaʿalnāhucertainly We (would) have made him
رَجُلًۭاrajulana man
وَلَلَبَسْنَاwalalabasnāand certainly We (would) have obscured
عَلَيْهِمʿalayhimto them
مَّاwhat
يَلْبِسُونَyalbisūnathey are obscuring

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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