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Al-Anfal (The Spoils of War)

Verse 32of 75

وَإِذْ قَالُوا۟ ٱللَّهُمَّ إِن كَانَ هَٰذَا هُوَ ٱلْحَقَّ مِنْ عِندِكَ فَأَمْطِرْ عَلَيْنَا حِجَارَةًۭ مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ أَوِ ٱئْتِنَا بِعَذَابٍ أَلِيمٍۢ﴿٣٢

Translation (Sahih International)

And [remember] when they said, "O Allah, if this should be the truth from You, then rain down upon us stones from the sky or bring us a painful punishment."

Word-by-word meaning

وَإِذْwa-idhAnd when
قَالُوا۟qālūthey said
ٱللَّهُمَّl-lahumaO Allah
إِنinIf
كَانَkānawas
هَـٰذَاhādhāthis
هُوَhuwa[it]
ٱلْحَقَّl-ḥaqathe truth
مِنْmin[of]
عِندِكَʿindikafrom You
فَأَمْطِرْfa-amṭirthen (send) rain
عَلَيْنَاʿalaynāupon us
حِجَارَةًۭḥijāratan(of) stones
مِّنَminafrom
ٱلسَّمَآءِl-samāithe sky
أَوِawior
ٱئْتِنَاi'tinābring (upon) us
بِعَذَابٍbiʿadhābina punishment
أَلِيمٍۢalīminpainful

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Quraysh claimed They can produce Something similar to the Qur'anAllah describes the disbelief, transgression, rebellion, as well as misguided statements that the pagans of Quraysh used to utter when they heard Allah's Ayat being recited to them,قَدْ سَمِعْنَا لَوْ نَشَآءُ لَقُلْنَا مِثْلَ هَـذَآ("We have heard (the Qur'an); if we wish we can say the like of this.")They boasted with their words, but not with their actions.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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