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فَإِن لَّمْ يَسْتَجِيبُوا۟ لَكَ فَٱعْلَمْ أَنَّمَا يَتَّبِعُونَ أَهْوَآءَهُمْ ۚ وَمَنْ أَضَلُّ مِمَّنِ ٱتَّبَعَ هَوَىٰهُ بِغَيْرِ هُدًۭى مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يَهْدِى ٱلْقَوْمَ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ﴿٥٠

Translation (Sahih International)

But if they do not respond to you - then know that they only follow their [own] desires. And who is more astray than one who follows his desire without guidance from Allah? Indeed, Allah does not guide the wrongdoing people.

Word-by-word meaning

فَإِنfa-inBut if
لَّمْlamnot
يَسْتَجِيبُوا۟yastajībūthey respond
لَكَlakato you
فَٱعْلَمْfa-iʿ'lamthen know
أَنَّمَاannamāthat only
يَتَّبِعُونَyattabiʿūnathey follow
أَهْوَآءَهُمْ ۚahwāahumtheir desires
وَمَنْwamanAnd who
أَضَلُّaḍallu(is) more astray
مِمَّنِmimmanithan (one) who
ٱتَّبَعَittabaʿafollows
هَوَىٰهُhawāhuhis own desire
بِغَيْرِbighayriwithout
هُدًۭىhudanguidance
مِّنَminafrom
ٱللَّهِ ۚl-lahiAllah
إِنَّinnaIndeed
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
لَا(does) not
يَهْدِىyahdīguide
ٱلْقَوْمَl-qawmathe people
ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَl-ẓālimīnathe wrongdoers

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The stubborn Response of the DisbelieversAllah tells us that if people were to be punished before proof was established against them, they would use the excuse that no Messenger came to them, but when the truth did come to them through Muhammad ﷺ, in their stubbornness, disbelief, ignorance and misguided thinking, they said:لَوْلا أُوتِىَ مِثْلَ مَآ أُوتِىَ مُوسَى(Why is he not given the like of what was given to Musa) Meaning -- and Allah knows best -- many signs like the staff, the hand, the f...

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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