Al-Isra (The Night Journey)
Verse 95of 111
قُل لَّوْ كَانَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ مَلَٰٓئِكَةٌۭ يَمْشُونَ مُطْمَئِنِّينَ لَنَزَّلْنَا عَلَيْهِم مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَلَكًۭا رَّسُولًۭا﴿٩٥﴾
Translation (Sahih International)
Say, "If there were upon the earth angels walking securely, We would have sent down to them from the heaven an angel [as a] 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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