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Al-Qamar (The Moon)

Verse 11of 55

فَفَتَحْنَآ أَبْوَٰبَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ بِمَآءٍۢ مُّنْهَمِرٍۢ﴿١١

Translation (Sahih International)

Then We opened the gates of the heaven with rain pouring down

Word-by-word meaning

فَفَتَحْنَآfafataḥnāSo We opened
أَبْوَٰبَabwāba(the) gates
ٱلسَّمَآءِl-samāi(of) heaven
بِمَآءٍۢbimāinwith water
مُّنْهَمِرٍۢmun'hamirinpouring down

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Story of the People of Nuh and the Lesson from itAllah the Exalted said,كَذَّبَتْ(denied) `before your people, O Muhammad,'قَوْمُ نُوحٍ فَكَذَّبُواْ عَبْدَنَا(the people of Nuh. They rejected Our servant) means, they denied him categorically and accused him of madness,وَقَالُواْ مَجْنُونٌ وَازْدُجِرَ(and said: "A madman!" Wazdujir.) Mujahid said about Wazdujir: "He was driven out accused on account of madness.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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