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

Al-Isra 17:41

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وَلَقَدْ صَرَّفْنَا فِى هَـٰذَا ٱلْقُرْءَانِ لِيَذَّكَّرُوا۟ وَمَا يَزِيدُهُمْ إِلَّا نُفُورًا

And We have certainly diversified [the contents] in this Qur’ān that they [i.e., mankind] may be reminded, but it does not increase them [i.e., the disbelievers] except in aversion.

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وَلَقَدْ صَرَّفْنَا فِى هَـذَا الْقُرْءَانِ(And surely, We have explained in this Qur'an) meaning, `We have explained Our warni- ngs so that they may remember the proof, evidence and exhorta- tions contained there- in, and be prevented from Shirk, wrong- doing and scandal.'وَمَا يَزِيدُهُمْ(but it increases them in naught) the wrong- doers among themإِلاَّ نُفُورًا(save aversion.) aversion towards the truth; they go further away from it.

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