Skip to content
MyDeenTools

Yunus (Jonah)

Verse 2of 109

أَكَانَ لِلنَّاسِ عَجَبًا أَنْ أَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَىٰ رَجُلٍۢ مِّنْهُمْ أَنْ أَنذِرِ ٱلنَّاسَ وَبَشِّرِ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓا۟ أَنَّ لَهُمْ قَدَمَ صِدْقٍ عِندَ رَبِّهِمْ ۗ قَالَ ٱلْكَٰفِرُونَ إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَسَٰحِرٌۭ مُّبِينٌ﴿٢

Translation (Sahih International)

Have the people been amazed that We revealed [revelation] to a man from among them, [saying], "Warn mankind and give good tidings to those who believe that they will have a [firm] precedence of honor with their Lord"? [But] the disbelievers say, "Indeed, this is an obvious magician."

Word-by-word meaning

أَكَانَakānaIs it
لِلنَّاسِlilnnāsifor the mankind
عَجَبًاʿajabana wonder
أَنْanthat
أَوْحَيْنَآawḥaynāWe revealed
إِلَىٰilāto
رَجُلٍۢrajulina man
مِّنْهُمْmin'humfrom (among) them
أَنْanthat
أَنذِرِandhiriWarn
ٱلنَّاسَl-nāsathe mankind
وَبَشِّرِwabashiriand give glad tidings
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna(to) those who
ءَامَنُوٓا۟āmanūbelieve
أَنَّannathat
لَهُمْlahumfor them
قَدَمَqadama(will be) a respectable position
صِدْقٍṣid'qin(will be) a respectable position
عِندَʿindanear
رَبِّهِمْ ۗrabbihimtheir Lord
قَالَqālaSaid
ٱلْكَـٰفِرُونَl-kāfirūnathe disbelievers
إِنَّinnaIndeed
هَـٰذَاhādhāthis
لَسَـٰحِرٌۭlasāḥirun(is) surely a magician
مُّبِينٌmubīnunobvious

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Which was revealed in Makkahبِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَـنِ الرَّحِيمِIn the Name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Mercifulتِلْكَ ءاَيَـتُ الْكِتَـبِ الْحَكِيمِ(These are the verses of the Book (the Qur'an) Al-Hakim.) This indicates that these are verses of the Qur'an, in which the wisdom of judgment is clear.The Messenger cannot be but a Human BeingAllah rebukes the attitude of the disbelievers with the wordsأَكَانَ لِلنَّاسِ عَجَبًا(Is it a wonder for mankind...

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

Share this verse with others

WhatsAppX

These tools are free because of generous Muslims.

$10/month keeps this platform free for 50,000 people. Every visit earns you reward — Sadaqah Jariyah.

Support this project