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وَمَا كُنتَ بِجَانِبِ ٱلْغَرْبِىِّ إِذْ قَضَيْنَآ إِلَىٰ مُوسَى ٱلْأَمْرَ وَمَا كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلشَّٰهِدِينَ﴿٤٤

Translation (Sahih International)

And you, [O Muhammad], were not on the western side [of the mount] when We revealed to Moses the command, and you were not among the witnesses [to that].

Word-by-word meaning

وَمَاwamāAnd not
كُنتَkuntayou were
بِجَانِبِbijānibion (the) side
ٱلْغَرْبِىِّl-gharbiyiwestern
إِذْidhwhen
قَضَيْنَآqaḍaynāWe decreed
إِلَىٰilāto
مُوسَىmūsāMusa
ٱلْأَمْرَl-amrathe Commandment
وَمَاwamāand not
كُنتَkuntayou were
مِنَminaamong
ٱلشَّـٰهِدِينَl-shāhidīnathe witnesses

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Proof of the Prophethood of Muhammad ﷺAllah points out the proof of the prophethood of Muhammad ﷺ, whereby he told others about matters of the past, and spoke about them as if he were hearing and seeing them for himself. But he was an illiterate man who could not read books, and he grew up among a people who knew nothing of such things.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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