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Al-An'am (The Cattle)

Verse 92of 165

وَهَٰذَا كِتَٰبٌ أَنزَلْنَٰهُ مُبَارَكٌۭ مُّصَدِّقُ ٱلَّذِى بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ وَلِتُنذِرَ أُمَّ ٱلْقُرَىٰ وَمَنْ حَوْلَهَا ۚ وَٱلَّذِينَ يُؤْمِنُونَ بِٱلْءَاخِرَةِ يُؤْمِنُونَ بِهِۦ ۖ وَهُمْ عَلَىٰ صَلَاتِهِمْ يُحَافِظُونَ﴿٩٢

Translation (Sahih International)

And this is a Book which We have sent down, blessed and confirming what was before it, that you may warn the Mother of Cities and those around it. Those who believe in the Hereafter believe in it, and they are maintaining their prayers.

Word-by-word meaning

وَهَـٰذَاwahādhāAnd this
كِتَـٰبٌkitābun(is) a Book
أَنزَلْنَـٰهُanzalnāhuWe have revealed it
مُبَارَكٌۭmubārakunblessed
مُّصَدِّقُmuṣaddiquconfirming
ٱلَّذِىalladhīwhich
بَيْنَbayna(came) before
يَدَيْهِyadayhiits hands
وَلِتُنذِرَwalitundhiraso that you may warn
أُمَّumma(the) mother
ٱلْقُرَىٰl-qurā(of) the cities
وَمَنْwamanand who
حَوْلَهَا ۚḥawlahā(are) around it
وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaAnd those who
يُؤْمِنُونَyu'minūnabelieve
بِٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِbil-ākhiratiin the Hereafter
يُؤْمِنُونَyu'minūnathey believe
بِهِۦ ۖbihiin it
وَهُمْwahumand they
عَلَىٰʿalāover
صَلَاتِهِمْṣalātihimtheir prayers
يُحَافِظُونَyuḥāfiẓūna(are) guarding

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Messenger is but a Human to Whom the Book was Revealed by InspirationAllah says that those who rejected His Messengers did not give Allah due consideration. Ibn `Abbas, Mujahid and `Abdullah bin Kathir said that this Ayah was revealed about the Quraysh. It was also said that it was revealed about some Jews.قَالُواْ مَآ أَنزَلَ اللَّهُ عَلَى بَشَرٍ مِّن شَىْءٍ(They said: "Nothing did Allah send down to any human being (by inspiration).

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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