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Al-Anbiya (The Prophets)

Verse 5of 112

بَلْ قَالُوٓا۟ أَضْغَٰثُ أَحْلَٰمٍۭ بَلِ ٱفْتَرَىٰهُ بَلْ هُوَ شَاعِرٌۭ فَلْيَأْتِنَا بِـَٔايَةٍۢ كَمَآ أُرْسِلَ ٱلْأَوَّلُونَ﴿٥

Translation (Sahih International)

But they say, "[The revelation is but] a mixture of false dreams; rather, he has invented it; rather, he is a poet. So let him bring us a sign just as the previous [messengers] were sent [with miracles]."

Word-by-word meaning

بَلْbalNay
قَالُوٓا۟qālūthey say
أَضْغَـٰثُaḍghāthuMuddled
أَحْلَـٰمٍۭaḥlāmindreams
بَلِbalinay
ٱفْتَرَىٰهُif'tarāhuhe (has) invented it
بَلْbalnay
هُوَhuwahe
شَاعِرٌۭshāʿirun(is) a poet
فَلْيَأْتِنَاfalyatināSo let him bring us
بِـَٔايَةٍۢbiāyatina sign
كَمَآkamālike what
أُرْسِلَur'silawas sent
ٱلْأَوَّلُونَl-awalūna(to) the former

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Which was revealed in MakkahThe Virtues of Surat Al-Anbiya'Al-Bukhari recorded that `Abdur-Rahman bin Yazid said that `Abdullah said, "Banu Isra'il, Al-Kahf, Maryam, Ta Ha and Al-Anbiya' - they are among the earliest and most beautiful Surahs and they are my treasure."بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَـنِ الرَّحِيمِIn the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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