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Verse 57of 88

وَقَالُوٓا۟ إِن نَّتَّبِعِ ٱلْهُدَىٰ مَعَكَ نُتَخَطَّفْ مِنْ أَرْضِنَآ ۚ أَوَلَمْ نُمَكِّن لَّهُمْ حَرَمًا ءَامِنًۭا يُجْبَىٰٓ إِلَيْهِ ثَمَرَٰتُ كُلِّ شَىْءٍۢ رِّزْقًۭا مِّن لَّدُنَّا وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ﴿٥٧

Translation (Sahih International)

And they say, "If we were to follow the guidance with you, we would be swept from our land." Have we not established for them a safe sanctuary to which are brought the fruits of all things as provision from Us? But most of them do not know.

Word-by-word meaning

وَقَالُوٓا۟waqālūAnd they say
إِنinIf
نَّتَّبِعِnattabiʿiwe follow
ٱلْهُدَىٰl-hudāthe guidance
مَعَكَmaʿakawith you
نُتَخَطَّفْnutakhaṭṭafwe would be swept
مِنْminfrom
أَرْضِنَآ ۚarḍināour land
أَوَلَمْawalamHave not
نُمَكِّنnumakkinWe established
لَّهُمْlahumfor them
حَرَمًاḥaramana sanctuary
ءَامِنًۭاāminansecure
يُجْبَىٰٓyuj'bāare brought
إِلَيْهِilayhito it
ثَمَرَٰتُthamarātufruits
كُلِّkulli(of) all
شَىْءٍۢshayinthings
رِّزْقًۭاriz'qana provision
مِّنminfrom
لَّدُنَّاladunnāUs
وَلَـٰكِنَّwalākinnaBut
أَكْثَرَهُمْaktharahummost of them
لَا(do) not
يَعْلَمُونَyaʿlamūnaknow

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Allah guides Whom He willsAllah says to His Messenger : `O Muhammad:لاَ تَهْدِى مَنْ أَحْبَبْتَ(Verily, you guide not whom you like)' meaning, `the matter does not rest with you; all that you have to do is convey the Message, and Allah will guide whom He wills, and His is the ultimate wisdom,' as He says:لَّيْسَ عَلَيْكَ هُدَاهُمْ وَلَـكِنَّ اللَّهَ يَهْدِى مَن يَشَآءُ(Not upon you is their guidance, but Allah guides whom He wills.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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