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Al-Hijr (The Rocky Tract)

Verse 14of 99

وَلَوْ فَتَحْنَا عَلَيْهِم بَابًۭا مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ فَظَلُّوا۟ فِيهِ يَعْرُجُونَ﴿١٤

Translation (Sahih International)

And [even] if We opened to them a gate from the heaven and they continued therein to ascend,

Word-by-word meaning

وَلَوْwalawAnd (even) if
فَتَحْنَاfataḥnāWe opened
عَلَيْهِمʿalayhimto them
بَابًۭاbābana gate
مِّنَminafrom
ٱلسَّمَآءِl-samāithe heaven
فَظَلُّوا۟faẓallūand they were to continue
فِيهِfīhitherein
يَعْرُجُونَyaʿrujūna(to) ascend

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Stubborn Disbelievers will never believe, no matter what Signs and Wonders They seeAllah explains the extent of their disbelief and stubborn resistance to the truth by stating that even if a door to heaven were to be opened for them, and they were to be taken up through it, they would still not believe. Rather, they would say:إِنَّمَا سُكِّرَتْ أَبْصَـرُنَا(Our eyes have been (as if) dazzled.) Mujahid, Ibn Kathir and Ad-Dahhak said, "this means our vision has been blocked.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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