Al-Isra (The Night Journey)
Verse 94of 111
وَمَا مَنَعَ ٱلنَّاسَ أَن يُؤْمِنُوٓا۟ إِذْ جَآءَهُمُ ٱلْهُدَىٰٓ إِلَّآ أَن قَالُوٓا۟ أَبَعَثَ ٱللَّهُ بَشَرًۭا رَّسُولًۭا﴿٩٤﴾
Translation (Sahih International)
And what prevented the people from believing when guidance came to them except that they said, "Has Allah sent a human messenger?"
Word-by-word meaning
Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)
The refusal of the Idolators to believe because the Messenger was a Human -- and its refutationوَمَا مَنَعَ النَّاسَ(And nothing prevented men) means, most of them,أَن يُؤْمِنُواْ(from believing) and following the Messengers, except the fact that they found it strange that human beings would be sent as Messengers, as Allah says:أَكَانَ لِلنَّاسِ عَجَبًا أَنْ أَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَى رَجُلٍ مِّنْهُمْ أَنْ أَنذِرِ النَّاسَ وَبَشِّرِ الَّذِينَ ءامَنُواْ أَنَّ لَهُمْ قَدَمَ صِدْقٍ عِندَ رَبِّهِمْ(Is it a w...
Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt
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