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

Al-Furqan 25:21

Word by word

۞ وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يَرْجُونَ لِقَآءَنَا لَوْلَآ أُنزِلَ عَلَيْنَا ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُ أَوْ نَرَىٰ رَبَّنَا ۗ لَقَدِ ٱسْتَكْبَرُوا۟ فِىٓ أَنفُسِهِمْ وَعَتَوْ عُتُوًّا كَبِيرًا

And those who do not expect the meeting with Us say, "Why were not angels sent down to us, or [why] do we [not] see our Lord?" They have certainly become arrogant within themselves and [become] insolent with great insolence.

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Tafsir Muyassar

Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Saudi Arabia

وقال الذين لا يؤمِّلون لقاء ربهم بعد موتهم لإنكارهم له: هلا أُنزل علينا الملائكة، فتُخْبِرنا بأن محمدًا صادق، أو نرى ربنا عِيانًا، فيخبرنا بصدقه في رسالته. لقد أُعجِبوا بأنفسهم واستعلَوْا حيث اجترؤوا على هذا القول، وتجاوزوا الحدَّ في طغيانهم وكفرهم.

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