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Al-A'raf (The Heights)

Verse 158of 206

قُلْ يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّاسُ إِنِّى رَسُولُ ٱللَّهِ إِلَيْكُمْ جَمِيعًا ٱلَّذِى لَهُۥ مُلْكُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۖ لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ يُحْىِۦ وَيُمِيتُ ۖ فَـَٔامِنُوا۟ بِٱللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِ ٱلنَّبِىِّ ٱلْأُمِّىِّ ٱلَّذِى يُؤْمِنُ بِٱللَّهِ وَكَلِمَٰتِهِۦ وَٱتَّبِعُوهُ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَهْتَدُونَ﴿١٥٨

Translation (Sahih International)

Say, [O Muhammad], "O mankind, indeed I am the Messenger of Allah to you all, [from Him] to whom belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth. There is no deity except Him; He gives life and causes death." So believe in Allah and His Messenger, the unlettered prophet, who believes in Allah and His words, and follow him that you may be guided.

Word-by-word meaning

قُلْqulSay
يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāO
ٱلنَّاسُl-nāsumankind
إِنِّىinnīIndeed I am
رَسُولُrasūlu(the) Messenger
ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
إِلَيْكُمْilaykumto you
جَمِيعًاjamīʿanall
ٱلَّذِىalladhīthe One
لَهُۥlahufor Whom
مُلْكُmul'ku(is the) dominion
ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwāti(of) the heavens
وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۖwal-arḍiand the earth
لَآ(There is) no
إِلَـٰهَilāhagod
إِلَّاillāexcept
هُوَhuwaHim
يُحْىِۦyuḥ'yīHe gives life
وَيُمِيتُ ۖwayumītuand causes death
فَـَٔامِنُوا۟faāminūSo believe
بِٱللَّهِbil-lahiin Allah
وَرَسُولِهِwarasūlihiand His Messenger
ٱلنَّبِىِّl-nabiyithe Prophet
ٱلْأُمِّىِّl-umiyithe unlettered
ٱلَّذِىalladhīthe one who
يُؤْمِنُyu'minubelieves
بِٱللَّهِbil-lahiin Allah
وَكَلِمَـٰتِهِۦwakalimātihiand His Words
وَٱتَّبِعُوهُwa-ittabiʿūhuand follow him
لَعَلَّكُمْlaʿallakumso that you may
تَهْتَدُونَtahtadūna(be) guided

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Muhammad's ﷺ Message is UniversalAllah says to His Prophet and Messenger Muhammad ,قُلْ(Say), O Muhammad,يَـأَيُّهَا النَّاسُ(O mankind!), this is directed to mankind red and black, and the Arabs and non-Arabs alike,إِنِّى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ إِلَيْكُمْ جَمِيعًا(I am sent to you all as the Messenger of Allah,) This Ayah mentions the Prophet's honor and greatness, for he is the Final Prophet who was sent to all mankind and the Jinns.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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