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Scholarly commentary explaining a verse — its context, its meaning and how the scholars have understood it.

Hud 11:27

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فَقَالَ ٱلْمَلَأُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ مِن قَوْمِهِۦ مَا نَرَىٰكَ إِلَّا بَشَرًا مِّثْلَنَا وَمَا نَرَىٰكَ ٱتَّبَعَكَ إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ أَرَاذِلُنَا بَادِىَ ٱلرَّأْىِ وَمَا نَرَىٰ لَكُمْ عَلَيْنَا مِن فَضْلٍۭ بَلْ نَظُنُّكُمْ كَـٰذِبِينَ

So the eminent among those who disbelieved from his people said, "We do not see you but as a man like ourselves, and we do not see you followed except by those who are the lowest of us [and] at first suggestion. And we do not see in you over us any merit; rather, we think you are liars."

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Tafsir Muyassar

Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Saudi Arabia

فقال رؤساء الكفر من قومه: إنك لست بمَلَك ولكنك بشر، فكيف أُوحي إليك مِن دوننا؟ وما نراك اتبعك إلا الذين هم أسافلنا وإنما اتبعوك من غير تفكر ولا رويَّة، وما نرى لكم علينا من فضل في رزق ولا مال لمَّا دخلتم في دينكم هذا، بل نعتقد أنكم كاذبون فيما تدَّعون.

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