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Al-Hajj 22:72

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وَإِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِمْ ءَايَـٰتُنَا بَيِّنَـٰتٍ تَعْرِفُ فِى وُجُوهِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ ٱلْمُنكَرَ ۖ يَكَادُونَ يَسْطُونَ بِٱلَّذِينَ يَتْلُونَ عَلَيْهِمْ ءَايَـٰتِنَا ۗ قُلْ أَفَأُنَبِّئُكُم بِشَرٍّ مِّن ذَٰلِكُمُ ۗ ٱلنَّارُ وَعَدَهَا ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ ۖ وَبِئْسَ ٱلْمَصِيرُ

And when Our verses are recited to them as clear evidences, you recognize in the faces of those who disbelieve disapproval. They are almost on the verge of assaulting those who recite to them Our verses. Say, "Then shall I inform you of [what is] worse than that? [It is] the Fire which Allāh has promised those who disbelieve, and wretched is the destination."

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Tafsir Muyassar

Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Saudi Arabia

وإذا تتلى آيات القرآن الواضحة على هؤلاء المشركين ترى الكراهة ظاهرة على وجوههم، يكادون يبطشون بالمؤمنين الذين يدعونهم إلى الله تعالى، ويتلون عليهم آياته. قل لهم -أيها الرسول-: أفلا أخبركم بما هو أشد كراهة إليكم من سماع الحق ورؤية الداعين إليه؟ النار أعدَّها الله للكافرين في الآخرة، وبئس المكان الذي يصيرون إليه.

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