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Al-Ankabut (The Spider)

Verse 48of 69

وَمَا كُنتَ تَتْلُوا۟ مِن قَبْلِهِۦ مِن كِتَٰبٍۢ وَلَا تَخُطُّهُۥ بِيَمِينِكَ ۖ إِذًۭا لَّٱرْتَابَ ٱلْمُبْطِلُونَ﴿٤٨

Translation (Sahih International)

And you did not recite before it any scripture, nor did you inscribe one with your right hand. Otherwise the falsifiers would have had [cause for] doubt.

Word-by-word meaning

وَمَاwamāAnd not
كُنتَkunta(did) you
تَتْلُوا۟tatlūrecite
مِنminbefore it
قَبْلِهِۦqablihibefore it
مِنminany
كِتَـٰبٍۢkitābinBook
وَلَاwalāand not
تَخُطُّهُۥtakhuṭṭuhu(did) you write it
بِيَمِينِكَ ۖbiyamīnikawith your right hand
إِذًۭاidhanin that case
لَّٱرْتَابَla-ir'tābasurely (would) have doubted
ٱلْمُبْطِلُونَl-mub'ṭilūnathe falsifiers

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Evidence for the Fact that the Qur'an was revealed from AllahIbn Jarir said: "Allah says, `just as We revealed the Books to the Messengers who came before you, O Muhammad, so We have also revealed this Book to you."' What he said is good and fits the context.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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