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وَيَوْمَ نَبْعَثُ فِى كُلِّ أُمَّةٍۢ شَهِيدًا عَلَيْهِم مِّنْ أَنفُسِهِمْ ۖ وَجِئْنَا بِكَ شَهِيدًا عَلَىٰ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ ۚ وَنَزَّلْنَا عَلَيْكَ ٱلْكِتَٰبَ تِبْيَٰنًۭا لِّكُلِّ شَىْءٍۢ وَهُدًۭى وَرَحْمَةًۭ وَبُشْرَىٰ لِلْمُسْلِمِينَ﴿٨٩

Translation (Sahih International)

And [mention] the Day when We will resurrect among every nation a witness over them from themselves. And We will bring you, [O Muhammad], as a witness over your nation. And We have sent down to you the Book as clarification for all things and as guidance and mercy and good tidings for the Muslims.

Word-by-word meaning

وَيَوْمَwayawmaAnd the Day
نَبْعَثُnabʿathuWe will resurrect
فِىamong
كُلِّkullievery
أُمَّةٍۢummatinnation
شَهِيدًاshahīdana witness
عَلَيْهِمʿalayhimover them
مِّنْminfrom
أَنفُسِهِمْ ۖanfusihimthemselves
وَجِئْنَاwaji'nāAnd We (will) bring
بِكَbikayou
شَهِيدًاshahīdan(as) a witness
عَلَىٰʿalāover
هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ ۚhāulāithese
وَنَزَّلْنَاwanazzalnāAnd We sent down
عَلَيْكَʿalaykato you
ٱلْكِتَـٰبَl-kitābathe Book
تِبْيَـٰنًۭاtib'yānan(as) a clarification
لِّكُلِّlikulliof every
شَىْءٍۢshayinthing
وَهُدًۭىwahudanand a guidance
وَرَحْمَةًۭwaraḥmatanand mercy
وَبُشْرَىٰwabush'rāand glad tidings
لِلْمُسْلِمِينَlil'mus'limīnafor the Muslims

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Every Prophet will bear Witness against his Nation on the Day of ResurrectionAllah addressed His servant and Messenger Muhammad ﷺ, saying:وَيَوْمَ نَبْعَثُ فِى كُلِّ أُمَّةٍ شَهِيدًا عَلَيْهِمْ مِّنْ أَنفُسِهِمْ وَجِئْنَا بِكَ شَهِيدًا عَلَى هَـؤُلآءِ(And on the Day when We resurrect a witness from each nation from among themselves, and We bring you (O Muhammad) as a witness against these.), meaning, your Ummah.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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