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Al-Anbiya (The Prophets)

Verse 7of 112

وَمَآ أَرْسَلْنَا قَبْلَكَ إِلَّا رِجَالًۭا نُّوحِىٓ إِلَيْهِمْ ۖ فَسْـَٔلُوٓا۟ أَهْلَ ٱلذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ﴿٧

Translation (Sahih International)

And We sent not before you, [O Muhammad], except men to whom We revealed [the message], so ask the people of the message if you do not know.

Word-by-word meaning

وَمَآwamāAnd not
أَرْسَلْنَاarsalnāWe sent
قَبْلَكَqablakabefore you
إِلَّاillāexcept
رِجَالًۭاrijālanmen
نُّوحِىٓnūḥīWe revealed
إِلَيْهِمْ ۖilayhimto them
فَسْـَٔلُوٓا۟fasalūSo ask
أَهْلَahla(the) people
ٱلذِّكْرِl-dhik'ri(of) the Reminder
إِنinif
كُنتُمْkuntumyou
لَا(do) not
تَعْلَمُونَtaʿlamūnaknow

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Messengers are no more than Human BeingsHere Allah refutes those who denied that human Messengers could be sent:وَمَآ أَرْسَلْنَا قَبْلَكَ إِلاَّ رِجَالاً نُّوحِى إِلَيْهِمْ(And We sent not before you but men to whom We revealed.) meaning, all the Messengers who came before you were men, human beings. There were no angels among them.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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