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

Ibrahim 14:11

Word by word

قَالَتْ لَهُمْ رُسُلُهُمْ إِن نَّحْنُ إِلَّا بَشَرٌ مِّثْلُكُمْ وَلَـٰكِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَمُنُّ عَلَىٰ مَن يَشَآءُ مِنْ عِبَادِهِۦ ۖ وَمَا كَانَ لَنَآ أَن نَّأْتِيَكُم بِسُلْطَـٰنٍ إِلَّا بِإِذْنِ ٱللَّهِ ۚ وَعَلَى ٱللَّهِ فَلْيَتَوَكَّلِ ٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَ

Their messengers said to them, "We are only men like you, but Allāh confers favor upon whom He wills of His servants. It has never been for us to bring you evidence except by permission of Allāh. And upon Allāh let the believers rely.

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Tafsir Muyassar

Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Saudi Arabia

ولما سمع الرسل ما قاله أقوامهم قالوا لهم: حقًا ما نحن إلا بشر مثلكم كما قلتم، ولكن الله يتفضل بإنعامه على مَن يشاء من عباده فيصطفيهم لرسالته، وما طلبتم من البرهان المبين، فلا يمكن لنا ولا نستطيع أن نأتيكم به إلا بإذن الله وتوفيقه، وعلى الله وحده يعتمد المؤمنون في كل أمورهم.

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