Ash-Shu'ara (The Poets)
Verse 137of 227
إِنْ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا خُلُقُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ﴿١٣٧﴾
Translation (Sahih International)
This is not but the custom of the former peoples,
Word-by-word meaning
إِنْinNot
هَـٰذَآhādhā(is) this
إِلَّاillābut
خُلُقُkhuluqu(the) custom
ٱلْأَوَّلِينَl-awalīna(of) the former (people)
Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)
The Response of the People of Hud, and Their PunishmentAllah tells us how the people of Hud responded to him after he had warned them, encouraged them, and clearly explained the truth to them.قَالُواْ سَوَآءٌ عَلَيْنَآ أَوَعَظْتَ أَمْ لَمْ تَكُنْ مِّنَ الْوَعِظِينَ (They said: "It is the same to us whether you preach or be not of those who preach.") meaning, `we will not give up our ways.
Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt
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