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

Al-Hijr 15:6

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وَقَالُوا۟ يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِى نُزِّلَ عَلَيْهِ ٱلذِّكْرُ إِنَّكَ لَمَجْنُونٌ

And they say, "O you upon whom the message has been sent down, indeed you are mad.

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يخبر تعالى عن كفرهم وعتوهم وعنادهم في قولهم : ( يا أيها الذي نزل عليه الذكر ) أي : الذي يدعي ذلك ( إنك لمجنون ) أي : في دعائك إيانا إلى اتباعك وترك ما وجدنا عليه آباءنا .

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