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وَمَآ أَرْسَلْنَا مِن قَبْلِكَ إِلَّا رِجَالًۭا نُّوحِىٓ إِلَيْهِمْ ۚ فَسْـَٔلُوٓا۟ أَهْلَ ٱلذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ﴿٤٣

Translation (Sahih International)

And We sent not before you except men to whom We revealed [Our message]. So ask the people of the message if you do not know.

Word-by-word meaning

وَمَآwamāAnd not
أَرْسَلْنَاarsalnāWe sent
مِنminbefore you
قَبْلِكَqablikabefore you
إِلَّاillāexcept
رِجَالًۭاrijālanmen
نُّوحِىٓnūḥīWe revealed
إِلَيْهِمْ ۚilayhimto them
فَسْـَٔلُوٓا۟fasalūso ask
أَهْلَahla(the) people
ٱلذِّكْرِl-dhik'ri(of) the Reminder
إِنinif
كُنتُمْkuntumyou
لَا(do) not
تَعْلَمُونَtaʿlamūnaknow

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Only Human Messengers have been SentAd-Dahhak said, reporting from Ibn `Abbas: "When Allah sent Muhammad as a Messenger, the Arabs, or some of them, denied him and said, `Allah is too great to send a human being as a Messenger.' Then Allah revealed:أَكَانَ لِلنَّاسِ عَجَبًا أَنْ أَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَى رَجُلٍ مِّنْهُمْ أَنْ أَنذِرِ النَّاسَ(Is it a wonder to people that We have sent Our Inspiration to a man from among themselves (saying): "Warn mankind...

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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