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

Ibrahim 14:4

Word by word

وَمَآ أَرْسَلْنَا مِن رَّسُولٍ إِلَّا بِلِسَانِ قَوْمِهِۦ لِيُبَيِّنَ لَهُمْ ۖ فَيُضِلُّ ٱللَّهُ مَن يَشَآءُ وَيَهْدِى مَن يَشَآءُ ۚ وَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلْحَكِيمُ

And We did not send any messenger except [speaking] in the language of his people to state clearly for them, and Allāh sends astray [thereby] whom He wills and guides whom He wills. And He is the Exalted in Might, the Wise.

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Tafsir Muyassar

Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Saudi Arabia

وما أرسلنا مِن رسولٍ قبلك -أيها النبي- إلا بلُغة قومه; ليوضِّح لهم شريعة الله، فيضل الله من يشاء عن الهدى، ويهدي من يشاء إلى الحق، وهو العزيز في ملكه، الحكيم الذي يضع الأمور في مواضعها وَفْق الحكمة.

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