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Al-Isra (The Night Journey)

Verse 93of 111

أَوْ يَكُونَ لَكَ بَيْتٌۭ مِّن زُخْرُفٍ أَوْ تَرْقَىٰ فِى ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَلَن نُّؤْمِنَ لِرُقِيِّكَ حَتَّىٰ تُنَزِّلَ عَلَيْنَا كِتَٰبًۭا نَّقْرَؤُهُۥ ۗ قُلْ سُبْحَانَ رَبِّى هَلْ كُنتُ إِلَّا بَشَرًۭا رَّسُولًۭا﴿٩٣

Translation (Sahih International)

Or you have a house of gold or you ascend into the sky. And [even then], we will not believe in your ascension until you bring down to us a book we may read." Say, "Exalted is my Lord! Was I ever but a human messenger?"

Word-by-word meaning

أَوْawOr
يَكُونَyakūnais
لَكَlakafor you
بَيْتٌۭbaytuna house
مِّنminof
زُخْرُفٍzukh'rufinornament
أَوْawor
تَرْقَىٰtarqāyou ascend
فِىinto
ٱلسَّمَآءِl-samāithe sky
وَلَنwalanAnd never
نُّؤْمِنَnu'minawe will believe
لِرُقِيِّكَliruqiyyikain your ascension
حَتَّىٰḥattāuntil
تُنَزِّلَtunazzilayou bring down
عَلَيْنَاʿalaynāto us
كِتَـٰبًۭاkitābana book
نَّقْرَؤُهُۥ ۗnaqra-uhuwe could read it
قُلْqulSay
سُبْحَانَsub'ḥānaGlorified (is)
رَبِّىrabbīmy Lord
هَلْhalWhat
كُنتُkuntuam I
إِلَّاillābut
بَشَرًۭاbasharana human
رَّسُولًۭاrasūlana Messenger

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Demand of Quraysh for a specific Sign, and the Rejection of thatIbn Jarir recorded from Muhammad bin Ishaq, "An old man from among the people of Egypt who came to us forty-odd years ago told me, from `Ikrimah, from Ibn `Abbas, that `Utbah and Shaybah -- the two sons of Rabi'ah, Abu Sufyan bin Harb, a man from Bani `Abd Ad-Dar, Abu Al-Bakhtari -- the brother of Bani Asad, Al-Aswad bin Al-Muttalib bin Asad, Zam`ah bin Al-Aswad, Al-Walid bin Al-Mughirah, Abu Jahl bin Hisham, `Abdullah bin Abi U...

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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