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

Al-Qasas 28:48

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فَلَمَّا جَآءَهُمُ ٱلْحَقُّ مِنْ عِندِنَا قَالُوا۟ لَوْلَآ أُوتِىَ مِثْلَ مَآ أُوتِىَ مُوسَىٰٓ ۚ أَوَلَمْ يَكْفُرُوا۟ بِمَآ أُوتِىَ مُوسَىٰ مِن قَبْلُ ۖ قَالُوا۟ سِحْرَانِ تَظَـٰهَرَا وَقَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّا بِكُلٍّ كَـٰفِرُونَ

But when the truth came to them from Us, they said, "Why was he not given like that which was given to Moses?" Did they not disbelieve in that which was given to Moses before? They said, "[They are but] two works of magic supporting each other, and indeed we are, in both, disbelievers."

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Tafsir Muyassar

Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Saudi Arabia

فلما جاء محمد هؤلاء القوم نذيرًا لهم، قالوا: هلا أوتي هذا الذي أُرسل إلينا مثل ما أوتي موسى من معجزات حسية، وكتابٍ نزل جملة واحدة! قل -أيها الرسول- لهم: أو لم يكفر اليهود بما أوتي موسى من قبل؟ قالوا: في التوراة والقرآن سحران تعاونا في سحرهما، وقالوا: نحن بكل منهما كافرون.

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