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Az-Zukhruf (The Ornaments of Gold)

Verse 29of 89

بَلْ مَتَّعْتُ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ وَءَابَآءَهُمْ حَتَّىٰ جَآءَهُمُ ٱلْحَقُّ وَرَسُولٌۭ مُّبِينٌۭ﴿٢٩

Translation (Sahih International)

However, I gave enjoyment to these [people of Makkah] and their fathers until there came to them the truth and a clear Messenger.

Word-by-word meaning

بَلْbalNay
مَتَّعْتُmattaʿtuI gave enjoyment
هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِhāulāi(to) these
وَءَابَآءَهُمْwaābāahumand their forefathers
حَتَّىٰḥattāuntil
جَآءَهُمُjāahumucame to them
ٱلْحَقُّl-ḥaquthe truth
وَرَسُولٌۭwarasūlunand a Messenger
مُّبِينٌۭmubīnunclear

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Ibrahim's Declaration of Tawhid HereAllah tells us about His servant, Messenger and close Friend, the leader of the monotheists and the father of all subsequent Prophets, from whom Quraysh were descended and claimed to have taken their religion.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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