Al-Mu'minun (The Believers)
Verse 81of 118
بَلْ قَالُوا۟ مِثْلَ مَا قَالَ ٱلْأَوَّلُونَ﴿٨١﴾
Translation (Sahih International)
Rather, they say like what the former peoples said.
Word-by-word meaning
بَلْbalNay
قَالُوا۟qālūthey say
مِثْلَmith'la(the) like
مَاmā(of) what
قَالَqālasaid
ٱلْأَوَّلُونَl-awalūnathe former (people)
Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)
وَلَقَدْ أَخَذْنَـهُمْ بِالْعَذَابِ(And indeed We seized them with punishment,) means, `We tried and tested them with difficulties and calamities.' His saying:فَمَا اسْتَكَانُواْ لِرَبِّهِمْ وَمَا يَتَضَرَّعُونَ(but they humbled not themselves to their Lord, nor did they invoke with submission to Him.
Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt
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