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An-Nisa (The Women)

Verse 167of 176

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ وَصَدُّوا۟ عَن سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ قَدْ ضَلُّوا۟ ضَلَٰلًۢا بَعِيدًا﴿١٦٧

Translation (Sahih International)

Indeed, those who disbelieve and avert [people] from the way of Allah have certainly gone far astray.

Word-by-word meaning

إِنَّinnaIndeed
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
كَفَرُوا۟kafarūdisbelieve
وَصَدُّوا۟waṣaddūand hinder
عَنʿanfrom
سَبِيلِsabīli(the) way
ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
قَدْqadsurely
ضَلُّوا۟ḍallūthey have strayed
ضَلَـٰلًۢاḍalālanstraying
بَعِيدًاbaʿīdanfar away

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

إِنَّآ أَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَيْكَ(Verily, We have inspired you...) emphasized the Prophet's prophethood and refuted the idolators and People of the Scripture who denied him. Allah said,لَّـكِنِ اللَّهُ يَشْهَدُ بِمَآ أَنزَلَ إِلَيْكَ(But Allah bears witness to that which He has sent down unto you,) meaning, even if they deny, defy and disbelieve in you, O Muhammad, Allah testifies that you are His Messenger to whom He sent down His Book, the Glorious Qur'an that,لاَّ يَأْتِيهِ الْبَـطِلُ مِن بَيْنِ يَ...

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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