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وَمَآ ءَاتَيْنَٰهُم مِّن كُتُبٍۢ يَدْرُسُونَهَا ۖ وَمَآ أَرْسَلْنَآ إِلَيْهِمْ قَبْلَكَ مِن نَّذِيرٍۢ﴿٤٤

Translation (Sahih International)

And We had not given them any scriptures which they could study, and We had not sent to them before you, [O Muhammad], any warner.

Word-by-word meaning

وَمَآwamāAnd not
ءَاتَيْنَـٰهُمātaynāhumWe (had) given them
مِّنminany
كُتُبٍۢkutubinScriptures
يَدْرُسُونَهَا ۖyadrusūnahāwhich they could study
وَمَآwamāand not
أَرْسَلْنَآarsalnāWe sent
إِلَيْهِمْilayhimto them
قَبْلَكَqablakabefore you
مِنminany
نَّذِيرٍۢnadhīrinwarner

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Saying of the Disbelievers about the Prophets, and its refutationAllah tells us that the disbeliever deserve to be severely punished by Him, because when His clear Verses were recited to them, and they heard them fresh from the lips of His Messenger , they said:قَالُواْ مَا هَـذَا إِلاَّ رَجُلٌ يُرِيدُ أَن يَصُدَّكُمْ عَمَّا كَانَ يَعْبُدُ ءَابَآؤُكُمْ(They say: "This is naught but a man who wishes to hinder you from that which your fathers used to worship.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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