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قَالُوا۟ مَآ أَنتُمْ إِلَّا بَشَرٌۭ مِّثْلُنَا وَمَآ أَنزَلَ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنُ مِن شَىْءٍ إِنْ أَنتُمْ إِلَّا تَكْذِبُونَ﴿١٥

Translation (Sahih International)

They said, "You are not but human beings like us, and the Most Merciful has not revealed a thing. You are only telling lies."

Word-by-word meaning

قَالُوا۟qālūThey said
مَآNot
أَنتُمْantumyou
إِلَّاillā(are) but
بَشَرٌۭbasharunhuman beings
مِّثْلُنَاmith'lunālike us
وَمَآwamāand not
أَنزَلَanzalahas revealed
ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنُl-raḥmānuthe Most Gracious
مِنminany
شَىْءٍshayinthing
إِنْinNot
أَنتُمْantumyou
إِلَّاillā(are) but
تَكْذِبُونَtakdhibūnalying

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Story of the Dwellers of the Town and Their Messengers, a Lesson that Those Who belied Their Messengers were Destroyed Allah says, `O Muhammad, tell your people who disbelieve in you,'مَّثَلاً أَصْحَـبَ القَرْيَةِ إِذْ جَآءَهَا الْمُرْسَلُونَ(a similitude; the Dwellers of the Town, when there came Messengers to them.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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