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Ar-Ra'd (The Thunder)

Verse 38of 43

وَلَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا رُسُلًۭا مِّن قَبْلِكَ وَجَعَلْنَا لَهُمْ أَزْوَٰجًۭا وَذُرِّيَّةًۭ ۚ وَمَا كَانَ لِرَسُولٍ أَن يَأْتِىَ بِـَٔايَةٍ إِلَّا بِإِذْنِ ٱللَّهِ ۗ لِكُلِّ أَجَلٍۢ كِتَابٌۭ﴿٣٨

Translation (Sahih International)

And We have already sent messengers before you and assigned to them wives and descendants. And it was not for a messenger to come with a sign except by permission of Allah. For every term is a decree.

Word-by-word meaning

وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd certainly
أَرْسَلْنَاarsalnāWe sent
رُسُلًۭاrusulanMessengers
مِّنminfrom
قَبْلِكَqablikabefore you
وَجَعَلْنَاwajaʿalnāand We made
لَهُمْlahumfor them
أَزْوَٰجًۭاazwājanwives
وَذُرِّيَّةًۭ ۚwadhurriyyatanand offspring
وَمَاwamāAnd not
كَانَkānawas
لِرَسُولٍlirasūlinfor a Messenger
أَنanthat
يَأْتِىَyatiyahe comes
بِـَٔايَةٍbiāyatinwith a sign
إِلَّاillāexcept
بِإِذْنِbi-idh'niby the leave
ٱللَّهِ ۗl-lahi(of) Allah
لِكُلِّlikulliFor everything
أَجَلٍۢajalin(is) a time
كِتَابٌۭkitābunprescribed

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

All Prophets and Messengers were HumansAllah says, `Just as We have sent you O Muhammad, a Prophet and a human, We sent the Messengers before you from among mankind, that eat food, walk in the markets, and We gave them wives and offspring.' Allah said to the most honorable and Final Messenger,قُلْ إِنَّمَآ أَنَاْ بَشَرٌ مِّثْلُكُمْ يُوحَى إِلَىَّ(Say: "I am only a man like you. It has been revealed to me.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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