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Al-Isra (The Night Journey)

Verse 88of 111

قُل لَّئِنِ ٱجْتَمَعَتِ ٱلْإِنسُ وَٱلْجِنُّ عَلَىٰٓ أَن يَأْتُوا۟ بِمِثْلِ هَٰذَا ٱلْقُرْءَانِ لَا يَأْتُونَ بِمِثْلِهِۦ وَلَوْ كَانَ بَعْضُهُمْ لِبَعْضٍۢ ظَهِيرًۭا﴿٨٨

Translation (Sahih International)

Say, "If mankind and the jinn gathered in order to produce the like of this Qur'an, they could not produce the like of it, even if they were to each other assistants."

Word-by-word meaning

قُلqulSay
لَّئِنِla-iniIf
ٱجْتَمَعَتِij'tamaʿatigathered
ٱلْإِنسُl-insuthe mankind
وَٱلْجِنُّwal-jinuand the jinn
عَلَىٰٓʿalāto
أَنan[that]
يَأْتُوا۟yatūbring
بِمِثْلِbimith'lithe like
هَـٰذَاhādhā(of) this
ٱلْقُرْءَانِl-qur'āniQuran
لَاnot
يَأْتُونَyatūnathey (could) bring
بِمِثْلِهِۦbimith'lihithe like of it
وَلَوْwalaweven if
كَانَkānawere
بَعْضُهُمْbaʿḍuhumsome of them
لِبَعْضٍۢlibaʿḍinto some others
ظَهِيرًۭاẓahīranassistants

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

If Allah willed, He could take away the Qur'anAllah mentions the blessing and great bounty that He has bestowed upon His servant and Messenger Muhammad by revealing to Him the Noble Qur'an to which falsehood cannot come, from before it or behind it, (it is) sent down by the All-Wise, Worthy of all praise.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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