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Al-Anbiya (The Prophets)

Verse 109of 112

فَإِن تَوَلَّوْا۟ فَقُلْ ءَاذَنتُكُمْ عَلَىٰ سَوَآءٍۢ ۖ وَإِنْ أَدْرِىٓ أَقَرِيبٌ أَم بَعِيدٌۭ مَّا تُوعَدُونَ﴿١٠٩

Translation (Sahih International)

But if they turn away, then say, "I have announced to [all of] you equally. And I know not whether near or far is that which you are promised.

Word-by-word meaning

فَإِنfa-inBut if
تَوَلَّوْا۟tawallawthey turn away
فَقُلْfaqulthen say
ءَاذَنتُكُمْādhantukumI (have) announced to you
عَلَىٰʿalāequally
سَوَآءٍۢ ۖsawāinequally
وَإِنْwa-inAnd not
أَدْرِىٓadrīI know
أَقَرِيبٌaqarībunwhether is near
أَمamor
بَعِيدٌۭbaʿīdunfar
مَّاwhat
تُوعَدُونَtūʿadūnayou are promised

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The main Objective of Revelation is that Allah be worshippedAllah commands His Messenger to say to the idoators:إِنَّمَآ يُوحَى إِلَىَّ أَنَّمَآ إِلَـهُكُمْ إِلَـهٌ وَحِدٌ فَهَلْ أَنتُمْ مُّسْلِمُونَ("It is revealed to me that your God is only one God. Will you then be Muslims") meaning, will you then follow that and submit to itفَإِن تَوَلَّوْاْ(But if they turn away) means, if they ignore that to which you call them.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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