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Ghafir (The Forgiver)

Verse 78of 85

وَلَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا رُسُلًۭا مِّن قَبْلِكَ مِنْهُم مَّن قَصَصْنَا عَلَيْكَ وَمِنْهُم مَّن لَّمْ نَقْصُصْ عَلَيْكَ ۗ وَمَا كَانَ لِرَسُولٍ أَن يَأْتِىَ بِـَٔايَةٍ إِلَّا بِإِذْنِ ٱللَّهِ ۚ فَإِذَا جَآءَ أَمْرُ ٱللَّهِ قُضِىَ بِٱلْحَقِّ وَخَسِرَ هُنَالِكَ ٱلْمُبْطِلُونَ﴿٧٨

Translation (Sahih International)

And We have already sent messengers before you. Among them are those [whose stories] We have related to you, and among them are those [whose stories] We have not related to you. And it was not for any messenger to bring a sign [or verse] except by permission of Allah. So when the command of Allah comes, it will be concluded in truth, and the falsifiers will thereupon lose [all].

Word-by-word meaning

وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd certainly
أَرْسَلْنَاarsalnāWe have sent
رُسُلًۭاrusulanMessengers
مِّنminbefore you
قَبْلِكَqablikabefore you
مِنْهُمmin'humAmong them
مَّنman(are) who
قَصَصْنَاqaṣaṣnāWe have related
عَلَيْكَʿalaykato you
وَمِنْهُمwamin'humand among them
مَّنman(are) who
لَّمْlamnot
نَقْصُصْnaqṣuṣWe have related
عَلَيْكَ ۗʿalaykato you
وَمَاwamāAnd not
كَانَkānais
لِرَسُولٍlirasūlinfor any Messenger
أَنanthat
يَأْتِىَyatiyahe brings
بِـَٔايَةٍbiāyatina Sign
إِلَّاillāexcept
بِإِذْنِbi-idh'niby (the) permission
ٱللَّهِ ۚl-lahi(of) Allah
فَإِذَاfa-idhāSo when
جَآءَjāacomes
أَمْرُamru(the) Command
ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
قُضِىَquḍiyait will be decided
بِٱلْحَقِّbil-ḥaqiin truth
وَخَسِرَwakhasiraand will lose
هُنَالِكَhunālikathere
ٱلْمُبْطِلُونَl-mub'ṭilūnathe falsifiers

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Command to be Patient and Good News of VictoryHere Allah commands His Messenger to patiently bear the rejection of those who rejected him: `Allah will fulfill His promise to you that you will be victorious and will prevail over your people, and you and those who follow you, will be the successful ones in this world and the Hereafter.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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