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قَالَ يَٰقَوْمِ أَرَءَيْتُمْ إِن كُنتُ عَلَىٰ بَيِّنَةٍۢ مِّن رَّبِّى وَءَاتَىٰنِى مِنْهُ رَحْمَةًۭ فَمَن يَنصُرُنِى مِنَ ٱللَّهِ إِنْ عَصَيْتُهُۥ ۖ فَمَا تَزِيدُونَنِى غَيْرَ تَخْسِيرٍۢ﴿٦٣

Translation (Sahih International)

He said, "O my people, have you considered: if I should be upon clear evidence from my Lord and He has given me mercy from Himself, who would protect me from Allah if I disobeyed Him? So you would not increase me except in loss.

Word-by-word meaning

قَالَqālaHe said
يَـٰقَوْمِyāqawmiO my people
أَرَءَيْتُمْara-aytumDo you see
إِنinif
كُنتُkuntuI am
عَلَىٰʿalāon
بَيِّنَةٍۢbayyinatina clear proof
مِّنminfrom
رَّبِّىrabbīmy Lord
وَءَاتَىٰنِىwaātānīand He has given me
مِنْهُmin'hufrom Him
رَحْمَةًۭraḥmatana Mercy
فَمَنfamanthen who
يَنصُرُنِىyanṣurunī(can) help me
مِنَminaagainst
ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
إِنْinif
عَصَيْتُهُۥ ۖʿaṣaytuhuI (were to) disobey Him
فَمَاfamāSo not
تَزِيدُونَنِىtazīdūnanīyou would increase me
غَيْرَghayrabut
تَخْسِيرٍۢtakhsīrin(in) loss

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Conversation between Salih and the People of ThamudAllah, the Exalted, mentions what transpired in the discussion between Salih and his people. Allah informs of their ignorance and obstinacy in their statement, قَدْ كُنتَ فِينَا مَرْجُوًّا قَبْلَ هَـذَا(You have been among us as a figure of good hope till this!) They were saying in this, "We had hope in your strong intellect before you began saying what you have said.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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