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Al-A'raf (The Heights)

Verse 185of 206

أَوَلَمْ يَنظُرُوا۟ فِى مَلَكُوتِ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا خَلَقَ ٱللَّهُ مِن شَىْءٍۢ وَأَنْ عَسَىٰٓ أَن يَكُونَ قَدِ ٱقْتَرَبَ أَجَلُهُمْ ۖ فَبِأَىِّ حَدِيثٍۭ بَعْدَهُۥ يُؤْمِنُونَ﴿١٨٥

Translation (Sahih International)

Do they not look into the realm of the heavens and the earth and everything that Allah has created and [think] that perhaps their appointed time has come near? So in what statement hereafter will they believe?

Word-by-word meaning

أَوَلَمْawalamDo not
يَنظُرُوا۟yanẓurūthey look
فِىin
مَلَكُوتِmalakūti(the) dominion
ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwāti(of) the heavens
وَٱلْأَرْضِwal-arḍiand the earth
وَمَاwamāand what
خَلَقَkhalaqahas (been) created
ٱللَّهُl-lahu(by) Allah
مِنminof
شَىْءٍۢshayin(every)thing
وَأَنْwa-anand that
عَسَىٰٓʿasāperhaps
أَنan[that]
يَكُونَyakūnahas
قَدِqadiverily
ٱقْتَرَبَiq'tarabacome near
أَجَلُهُمْ ۖajaluhumtheir term
فَبِأَىِّfabi-ayyiSo in what
حَدِيثٍۭḥadīthinstatement
بَعْدَهُۥbaʿdahuafter this
يُؤْمِنُونَyu'minūnawill they believe

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

فَبِأَىِّ حَدِيثٍ بَعْدَهُ يُؤْمِنُونَ(In what message after this will they then believe) Allah says, what more warnings, and discouragements should compel them to believe, if the warnings and threats that Muhammad ﷺ brought them from Allah in His Book do not compel them to do so Allah said next,

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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