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Al-Isra (The Night Journey)

Verse 60of 111

وَإِذْ قُلْنَا لَكَ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ أَحَاطَ بِٱلنَّاسِ ۚ وَمَا جَعَلْنَا ٱلرُّءْيَا ٱلَّتِىٓ أَرَيْنَٰكَ إِلَّا فِتْنَةًۭ لِّلنَّاسِ وَٱلشَّجَرَةَ ٱلْمَلْعُونَةَ فِى ٱلْقُرْءَانِ ۚ وَنُخَوِّفُهُمْ فَمَا يَزِيدُهُمْ إِلَّا طُغْيَٰنًۭا كَبِيرًۭا﴿٦٠

Translation (Sahih International)

And [remember, O Muhammad], when We told you, "Indeed, your Lord has encompassed the people." And We did not make the sight which We showed you except as a trial for the people, as was the accursed tree [mentioned] in the Qur'an. And We threaten them, but it increases them not except in great transgression.

Word-by-word meaning

وَإِذْwa-idhAnd when
قُلْنَاqul'nāWe said
لَكَlakato you
إِنَّinnaIndeed
رَبَّكَrabbakayour Lord
أَحَاطَaḥāṭahas encompassed
بِٱلنَّاسِ ۚbil-nāsithe mankind
وَمَاwamāAnd not
جَعَلْنَاjaʿalnāWe made
ٱلرُّءْيَاl-ru'yāthe vision
ٱلَّتِىٓallatīwhich
أَرَيْنَـٰكَaraynākaWe showed you
إِلَّاillāexcept
فِتْنَةًۭfit'natan(as) a trial
لِّلنَّاسِlilnnāsifor mankind
وَٱلشَّجَرَةَwal-shajarataand the tree
ٱلْمَلْعُونَةَl-malʿūnatathe accursed
فِىin
ٱلْقُرْءَانِ ۚl-qur'ānithe Quran
وَنُخَوِّفُهُمْwanukhawwifuhumAnd We threaten them
فَمَاfamābut not
يَزِيدُهُمْyazīduhumit increases them
إِلَّاillāexcept
طُغْيَـٰنًۭاṭugh'yānan(in) transgression
كَبِيرًۭاkabīrangreat

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Allah has encompassed Mankind and made the Vision of His Prophet a Trial for ThemAllah says to His Messenger , encouraging him to convey the Message and informing him that He is protecting him from the people, that He is able to deal with them and that they are in His grasp and under His domination and control.وَإِذْ قُلْنَا لَكَ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ أَحَاطَ بِالنَّاسِ(And (remember) when We told you: "Verily, your Lord has encompassed mankind..

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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