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Ar-Ra'd (The Thunder)

Verse 30of 43

كَذَٰلِكَ أَرْسَلْنَٰكَ فِىٓ أُمَّةٍۢ قَدْ خَلَتْ مِن قَبْلِهَآ أُمَمٌۭ لِّتَتْلُوَا۟ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلَّذِىٓ أَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَيْكَ وَهُمْ يَكْفُرُونَ بِٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ۚ قُلْ هُوَ رَبِّى لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ عَلَيْهِ تَوَكَّلْتُ وَإِلَيْهِ مَتَابِ﴿٣٠

Translation (Sahih International)

Thus have We sent you to a community before which [other] communities have passed on so you might recite to them that which We revealed to you, while they disbelieve in the Most Merciful. Say, "He is my Lord; there is no deity except Him. Upon Him I rely, and to Him is my return."

Word-by-word meaning

كَذَٰلِكَkadhālikaThus
أَرْسَلْنَـٰكَarsalnākaWe have sent you
فِىٓto
أُمَّةٍۢummatina nation
قَدْqadverily
خَلَتْkhalathave passed away
مِنminfrom
قَبْلِهَآqablihābefore it
أُمَمٌۭumamunnations
لِّتَتْلُوَا۟litatluwāso that you might recite
عَلَيْهِمُʿalayhimuto them
ٱلَّذِىٓalladhīwhat
أَوْحَيْنَآawḥaynāWe revealed
إِلَيْكَilaykato you
وَهُمْwahumwhile they
يَكْفُرُونَyakfurūnadisbelieve
بِٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ۚbil-raḥmāniin the Most Gracious
قُلْqulSay
هُوَhuwaHe
رَبِّىrabbī(is) my Lord
لَآ(there is) no
إِلَـٰهَilāhagod
إِلَّاillāexcept
هُوَhuwaHim
عَلَيْهِʿalayhiUpon Him
تَوَكَّلْتُtawakkaltuI put my trust
وَإِلَيْهِwa-ilayhiand to Him
مَتَابِmatābi(is) my return

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Our Prophet was sent to recite and call to Allah's RevelationAllah says, `Just as We sent you, O Muhammad, to your Ummah,لِّتَتْلُوَ عَلَيْهِمُ الَّذِى أَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَيْكَ(..in order that you might recite unto them what We have revealed to you,) so that you deliver to them Allah's Message. Likewise, We sent others to earlier nations that disbelieved in Allah. The Messengers whom We sent before you, were also denied and rejected, so you have an example in what they faced.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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