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قَالَ يَٰقَوْمِ أَرَءَيْتُمْ إِن كُنتُ عَلَىٰ بَيِّنَةٍۢ مِّن رَّبِّى وَءَاتَىٰنِى رَحْمَةًۭ مِّنْ عِندِهِۦ فَعُمِّيَتْ عَلَيْكُمْ أَنُلْزِمُكُمُوهَا وَأَنتُمْ لَهَا كَٰرِهُونَ﴿٢٨

Translation (Sahih International)

He said, "O my people have you considered: if I should be upon clear evidence from my Lord while He has given me mercy from Himself but it has been made unapparent to you, should we force it upon you while you are averse to it?

Word-by-word meaning

قَالَqālaHe said
يَـٰقَوْمِyāqawmiO my people
أَرَءَيْتُمْara-aytumDo you see
إِنinif
كُنتُkuntuI was
عَلَىٰʿalāon
بَيِّنَةٍۢbayyinatin(the) clear proof
مِّنminfrom
رَّبِّىrabbīmy Lord
وَءَاتَىٰنِىwaātānīwhile He has given me
رَحْمَةًۭraḥmatanmercy
مِّنْminfrom
عِندِهِۦʿindihiHimself
فَعُمِّيَتْfaʿummiyatbut (it) has been obscured
عَلَيْكُمْʿalaykumfrom you
أَنُلْزِمُكُمُوهَاanul'zimukumūhāshould We compel you (to accept) it
وَأَنتُمْwa-antumwhile you (are)
لَهَاlahāaverse to it
كَـٰرِهُونَkārihūnaaverse to it

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Response of NuhAllah says, informing about the response of Nuh to his people, أَرَأَيْتُمْ إِن كُنتُ عَلَى بَيِّنَةٍ مِّن رَّبِّى(Tell me, if I have a clear proof from my Lord,) Bayyinah means certainty, a clear matter, and truthful prophethood. That is the greatest mercy from Allah upon him (Nuh) and them (his people). فَعُمِّيَتْ عَلَيْكُمْ(but that (mercy) has been obscured from your sight.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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