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وَإِن يَكَادُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لَيُزْلِقُونَكَ بِأَبْصَٰرِهِمْ لَمَّا سَمِعُوا۟ ٱلذِّكْرَ وَيَقُولُونَ إِنَّهُۥ لَمَجْنُونٌۭ﴿٥١

Translation (Sahih International)

And indeed, those who disbelieve would almost make you slip with their eyes when they hear the message, and they say, "Indeed, he is mad."

Word-by-word meaning

وَإِنwa-inAnd indeed
يَكَادُyakāduwould almost
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
كَفَرُوا۟kafarūdisbelieve
لَيُزْلِقُونَكَlayuz'liqūnakasurely make you slip
بِأَبْصَـٰرِهِمْbi-abṣārihimwith their look
لَمَّاlammāwhen
سَمِعُوا۟samiʿūthey hear
ٱلذِّكْرَl-dhik'rathe Message
وَيَقُولُونَwayaqūlūnaand they say
إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed, he
لَمَجْنُونٌۭlamajnūnun(is) surely mad

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Command to be Patient and to refrain from being Hasty like Yunus wasAllah says,فَاصْبِرْ(So wait with patience) `O Muhammad, persevere against the harm your people cause you and their rejection. For verily, Allah will give you authority over them, and make the final victory for you and your followers in this life and the Hereafter.'وَلاَ تَكُن كَصَـحِبِ الْحُوتِ(and be not like the Companion of the Fish) meaning, Dhun-Nun, who was Yunus bin Matta, when he went off angry with his people.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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