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An-Nahl (The Bee)

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بِٱلْبَيِّنَٰتِ وَٱلزُّبُرِ ۗ وَأَنزَلْنَآ إِلَيْكَ ٱلذِّكْرَ لِتُبَيِّنَ لِلنَّاسِ مَا نُزِّلَ إِلَيْهِمْ وَلَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَفَكَّرُونَ﴿٤٤

Translation (Sahih International)

[We sent them] with clear proofs and written ordinances. And We revealed to you the message that you may make clear to the people what was sent down to them and that they might give thought.

Word-by-word meaning

بِٱلْبَيِّنَـٰتِbil-bayinātiWith the clear proofs
وَٱلزُّبُرِ ۗwal-zuburiand the Books
وَأَنزَلْنَآwa-anzalnāAnd We sent down
إِلَيْكَilaykato you
ٱلذِّكْرَl-dhik'rathe Remembrance
لِتُبَيِّنَlitubayyinathat you may make clear
لِلنَّاسِlilnnāsito the mankind
مَاwhat
نُزِّلَnuzzilahas been sent down
إِلَيْهِمْilayhimto them
وَلَعَلَّهُمْwalaʿallahumand that they may
يَتَفَكَّرُونَyatafakkarūnareflect

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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