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Al-Hijr (The Rocky Tract)

Verse 8of 99

مَا نُنَزِّلُ ٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةَ إِلَّا بِٱلْحَقِّ وَمَا كَانُوٓا۟ إِذًۭا مُّنظَرِينَ﴿٨

Translation (Sahih International)

We do not send down the angels except with truth; and the disbelievers would not then be reprieved.

Word-by-word meaning

مَاNot
نُنَزِّلُnunazziluWe send down
ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةَl-malāikatathe Angels
إِلَّاillāexcept
بِٱلْحَقِّbil-ḥaqiwith the truth
وَمَاwamāand not
كَانُوٓا۟kānūthey would be
إِذًۭاidhanthen
مُّنظَرِينَmunẓarīnagiven respite

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Accusation that the Prophet was a Madman and Demands for Him to bring down AngelsAllah tells us about the disbelief, arrogance and stubbornness of the disbelievers as reflected in their words:يأَيُّهَا الَّذِى نُزِّلَ عَلَيْهِ الذِّكْرُ(O you (Muhammad) to whom the Dhikr (the Qur'an) has been revealed!) i.e., the one who claims to receive it.إِنَّكَ لَمَجْنُونٌ(Verily, you are a mad man!) i.e., by your invitation to us to follow you and leave the way of our forefathers.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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