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Al-Jathiyah (The Crouching)

Verse 25of 37

وَإِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِمْ ءَايَٰتُنَا بَيِّنَٰتٍۢ مَّا كَانَ حُجَّتَهُمْ إِلَّآ أَن قَالُوا۟ ٱئْتُوا۟ بِـَٔابَآئِنَآ إِن كُنتُمْ صَٰدِقِينَ﴿٢٥

Translation (Sahih International)

And when Our verses are recited to them as clear evidences, their argument is only that they say, "Bring [back] our forefathers, if you should be truthful."

Word-by-word meaning

وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd when
تُتْلَىٰtut'lāare recited
عَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimto them
ءَايَـٰتُنَاāyātunāOur Verses
بَيِّنَـٰتٍۢbayyinātinclear
مَّاnot
كَانَkānais
حُجَّتَهُمْḥujjatahumtheir argument
إِلَّآillāexcept
أَنanthat
قَالُوا۟qālūthey say
ٱئْتُوا۟i'tūBring
بِـَٔابَآئِنَآbiābāināour forefathers
إِنinif
كُنتُمْkuntumyou are
صَـٰدِقِينَṣādiqīnatruthful

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Conviction of the Disbelievers, Their Argument and the Refutation of itAllah mentions here the creed of Ad-Dahriyyah and the Arab idolators who embraced their creed, denying Resurrection,وَقَالُواْ مَا هِىَ إِلاَّ حَيَاتُنَا الدُّنْيَا نَمُوتُ وَنَحْيَا(And they say: "There is nothing but our life of this world, we die and we live....") They say that there is only this life, some people die while others are born to life, without Resurrection or Judgement.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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