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Al-Furqan (The Criterion)

Verse 7of 77

وَقَالُوا۟ مَالِ هَٰذَا ٱلرَّسُولِ يَأْكُلُ ٱلطَّعَامَ وَيَمْشِى فِى ٱلْأَسْوَاقِ ۙ لَوْلَآ أُنزِلَ إِلَيْهِ مَلَكٌۭ فَيَكُونَ مَعَهُۥ نَذِيرًا﴿٧

Translation (Sahih International)

And they say, "What is this messenger that eats food and walks in the markets? Why was there not sent down to him an angel so he would be with him a warner?

Word-by-word meaning

وَقَالُوا۟waqālūAnd they say
مَالِmāliWhy does
هَـٰذَاhādhāthis
ٱلرَّسُولِl-rasūliMessenger
يَأْكُلُyakulueat
ٱلطَّعَامَl-ṭaʿāma[the] food
وَيَمْشِىwayamshīand walk
فِىin
ٱلْأَسْوَاقِ ۙl-aswāqithe markets
لَوْلَآlawlāWhy not
أُنزِلَunzilais sent down
إِلَيْهِilayhito him
مَلَكٌۭmalakunan Angel
فَيَكُونَfayakūnathen he be
مَعَهُۥmaʿahuwith him
نَذِيرًاnadhīrana warner

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

What the Disbelievers said about the Messenger , refutation of Their Words, and Their ultimate DestinyAllah tells us about the disbelievers' stubborn resistance to and rejection of the truth, with no proof or evidence for doing so. Their excuse was, as they said:مَا لِهَـذَا الرَّسُولِ يَأْكُلُ الطَّعَامَ(Why does this Messenger eat food,) meaning, `as we eat, and why does he need food as we need it'وَيَمْشِى فِى الاٌّسْوَاقِ(and walk about in the markets.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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