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وَمَآ أَرْسَلْنَا مِن رَّسُولٍ إِلَّا بِلِسَانِ قَوْمِهِۦ لِيُبَيِّنَ لَهُمْ ۖ فَيُضِلُّ ٱللَّهُ مَن يَشَآءُ وَيَهْدِى مَن يَشَآءُ ۚ وَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلْحَكِيمُ﴿٤

Translation (Sahih International)

And We did not send any messenger except [speaking] in the language of his people to state clearly for them, and Allah sends astray [thereby] whom He wills and guides whom He wills. And He is the Exalted in Might, the Wise.

Word-by-word meaning

وَمَآwamāAnd not
أَرْسَلْنَاarsalnāWe sent
مِنminany
رَّسُولٍrasūlinMessenger
إِلَّاillāexcept
بِلِسَانِbilisāniwith the language
قَوْمِهِۦqawmihi(of) his people
لِيُبَيِّنَliyubayyinaso that he might make clear
لَهُمْ ۖlahumfor them
فَيُضِلُّfayuḍilluThen Allah lets go astray
ٱللَّهُl-lahuThen Allah lets go astray
مَنmanwhom
يَشَآءُyashāuHe wills
وَيَهْدِىwayahdīand guides
مَنmanwhom
يَشَآءُ ۚyashāuHe wills
وَهُوَwahuwaAnd He
ٱلْعَزِيزُl-ʿazīzu(is) the All-Mighty
ٱلْحَكِيمُl-ḥakīmuthe All-Wise

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Every Prophet was sent with the Language of His People; Guidance or Misguidance follows the ExplanationAllah is Kind and Compassionate with His creation, sending Messengers to them from among them and speaking their language, so that they are able to understand the Message that the Messengers were sent with. Allah said next,فَيُضِلُّ اللَّهُ مَن يَشَآءُ وَيَهْدِى مَن يَشَآءُ(Then Allah misleads whom He wills and guides whom He wills.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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