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أَمْ لَهُم مُّلْكُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا ۖ فَلْيَرْتَقُوا۟ فِى ٱلْأَسْبَٰبِ﴿١٠

Translation (Sahih International)

Or is theirs the dominion of the heavens and the earth and what is between them? Then let them ascend through [any] ways of access.

Word-by-word meaning

أَمْamOr
لَهُمlahumfor them
مُّلْكُmul'ku(is the) dominion
ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwāti(of) the heavens
وَٱلْأَرْضِwal-arḍiand the earth
وَمَاwamāand whatever
بَيْنَهُمَا ۖbaynahumā(is) between them
فَلْيَرْتَقُوا۟falyartaqūThen let them ascend
فِىby
ٱلْأَسْبَـٰبِl-asbābithe means

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Idolators were amazed at the Message, Tawhid and the Qur'anAllah tells us that the idolators wondered at the sending of the Messenger of Allah as a bringer of glad tidings and a warner. This is like the Ayah: أَكَانَ لِلنَّاسِ عَجَبًا أَنْ أَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَى رَجُلٍ مِّنْهُمْ أَنْ أَنذِرِ النَّاسَ وَبَشِّرِ الَّذِينَ ءامَنُواْ أَنَّ لَهُمْ قَدَمَ صِدْقٍ عِندَ رَبِّهِمْ قَالَ الْكَـفِرُونَ إِنَّ هَـذَا لَسَـحِرٌ مُّبِينٌ (Is it a wonder for mankind that We have sent Our revelation to a man from...

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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