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Ash-Shuraa (The Consultation)

Verse 7of 53

وَكَذَٰلِكَ أَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَيْكَ قُرْءَانًا عَرَبِيًّۭا لِّتُنذِرَ أُمَّ ٱلْقُرَىٰ وَمَنْ حَوْلَهَا وَتُنذِرَ يَوْمَ ٱلْجَمْعِ لَا رَيْبَ فِيهِ ۚ فَرِيقٌۭ فِى ٱلْجَنَّةِ وَفَرِيقٌۭ فِى ٱلسَّعِيرِ﴿٧

Translation (Sahih International)

And thus We have revealed to you an Arabic Qur'an that you may warn the Mother of Cities [Makkah] and those around it and warn of the Day of Assembly, about which there is no doubt. A party will be in Paradise and a party in the Blaze.

Word-by-word meaning

وَكَذَٰلِكَwakadhālikaAnd thus
أَوْحَيْنَآawḥaynāWe have revealed
إِلَيْكَilaykato you
قُرْءَانًاqur'ānana Quran
عَرَبِيًّۭاʿarabiyyan(in) Arabic
لِّتُنذِرَlitundhirathat you may warn
أُمَّumma(the) mother
ٱلْقُرَىٰl-qurā(of) the towns
وَمَنْwamanand whoever
حَوْلَهَاḥawlahā(is) around it
وَتُنذِرَwatundhiraand warn
يَوْمَyawma(of the) Day
ٱلْجَمْعِl-jamʿi(of) Assembly
لَا(there is) no
رَيْبَraybadoubt
فِيهِ ۚfīhiin it
فَرِيقٌۭfarīqunA party
فِى(will be) in
ٱلْجَنَّةِl-janatiParadise
وَفَرِيقٌۭwafarīqunand a party
فِىin
ٱلسَّعِيرِl-saʿīrithe Blazing Fire

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Qur'an was revealed to serve as a WarningAllah says, `just as We sent revelation to the Prophets before you,'أَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَيْكَ قُرْءَاناً عَرَبِيّاً(thus We have revealed to you a Qur'an in Arabic) meaning, plain, clear, and manifestلِّتُنذِرَ أُمَّ الْقُرَى(that you may warn the Mother of the Towns), i.e., Makkah,وَمَنْ حَوْلَهَا(and all around it,) means, all the lands, east and west.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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