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وَمَآ أَنزَلْنَا عَلَيْكَ ٱلْكِتَٰبَ إِلَّا لِتُبَيِّنَ لَهُمُ ٱلَّذِى ٱخْتَلَفُوا۟ فِيهِ ۙ وَهُدًۭى وَرَحْمَةًۭ لِّقَوْمٍۢ يُؤْمِنُونَ﴿٦٤

Translation (Sahih International)

And We have not revealed to you the Book, [O Muhammad], except for you to make clear to them that wherein they have differed and as guidance and mercy for a people who believe.

Word-by-word meaning

وَمَآwamāAnd not
أَنزَلْنَاanzalnāWe revealed
عَلَيْكَʿalaykato you
ٱلْكِتَـٰبَl-kitābathe Book
إِلَّاillāexcept
لِتُبَيِّنَlitubayyinathat you make clear
لَهُمُlahumuto them
ٱلَّذِىalladhīthat which
ٱخْتَلَفُوا۟ikh'talafūthey differed
فِيهِ ۙfīhiin it
وَهُدًۭىwahudanand (as) a guidance
وَرَحْمَةًۭwaraḥmatanand mercy
لِّقَوْمٍۢliqawminfor a people
يُؤْمِنُونَyu'minūnawho believe

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Finding Consolation in the Reminder of Those Who came beforeAllah says, `He sent Messengers to the nations of the past, and they were rejected. You, O Muhammad, have an example in your brothers among the Messengers, so do not be distressed by your people's rejection. As for the idolators' rejection of the Messengers, the reason for this is that the Shaytan made their deeds attractive to them.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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