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An-Nisa (The Women)

Verse 83of 176

وَإِذَا جَآءَهُمْ أَمْرٌۭ مِّنَ ٱلْأَمْنِ أَوِ ٱلْخَوْفِ أَذَاعُوا۟ بِهِۦ ۖ وَلَوْ رَدُّوهُ إِلَى ٱلرَّسُولِ وَإِلَىٰٓ أُو۟لِى ٱلْأَمْرِ مِنْهُمْ لَعَلِمَهُ ٱلَّذِينَ يَسْتَنۢبِطُونَهُۥ مِنْهُمْ ۗ وَلَوْلَا فَضْلُ ٱللَّهِ عَلَيْكُمْ وَرَحْمَتُهُۥ لَٱتَّبَعْتُمُ ٱلشَّيْطَٰنَ إِلَّا قَلِيلًۭا﴿٨٣

Translation (Sahih International)

And when there comes to them information about [public] security or fear, they spread it around. But if they had referred it back to the Messenger or to those of authority among them, then the ones who [can] draw correct conclusions from it would have known about it. And if not for the favor of Allah upon you and His mercy, you would have followed Satan, except for a few.

Word-by-word meaning

وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd when
جَآءَهُمْjāahumcomes to them
أَمْرٌۭamruna matter
مِّنَminaof
ٱلْأَمْنِl-amnithe security
أَوِawior
ٱلْخَوْفِl-khawfi[the] fear
أَذَاعُوا۟adhāʿūthey spread
بِهِۦ ۖbihi[with] it
وَلَوْwalawBut if
رَدُّوهُraddūhuthey (had) referred it
إِلَىilāto
ٱلرَّسُولِl-rasūlithe Messenger
وَإِلَىٰٓwa-ilāand to
أُو۟لِىulīthose
ٱلْأَمْرِl-amri(having) authority
مِنْهُمْmin'humamong them
لَعَلِمَهُlaʿalimahusurely would have known it
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
يَسْتَنۢبِطُونَهُۥyastanbiṭūnahudraw correct conclusion (from) it
مِنْهُمْ ۗmin'humamong them
وَلَوْلَاwalawlāAnd if not
فَضْلُfaḍlu(had been the) bounty
ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
عَلَيْكُمْʿalaykumon you
وَرَحْمَتُهُۥwaraḥmatuhuand His Mercy
لَٱتَّبَعْتُمُla-ittabaʿtumusurely you (would have) followed
ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنَl-shayṭānathe Shaitaan
إِلَّاillāexcept
قَلِيلًۭاqalīlana few

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Qur'an is TrueAllah commands them to contemplate about the Qur'an and forbids them from ignoring it, or ignoring its wise meanings and eloquent words. Allah states that there are no inconsistencies, contradictions, conflicting statements or discrepancies in the Qur'an, because it is a revelation from the Most-Wise, Worthy of all praise. Therefore, the Qur'an is the truth coming from the Truth, Allah.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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