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

Al-Qasas 28:50

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فَإِن لَّمْ يَسْتَجِيبُوا۟ لَكَ فَٱعْلَمْ أَنَّمَا يَتَّبِعُونَ أَهْوَآءَهُمْ ۚ وَمَنْ أَضَلُّ مِمَّنِ ٱتَّبَعَ هَوَىٰهُ بِغَيْرِ هُدًى مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يَهْدِى ٱلْقَوْمَ ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ

But if they do not respond to you - then know that they only follow their [own] desires. And who is more astray than one who follows his desire without guidance from Allāh? Indeed, Allāh does not guide the wrongdoing people.

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قال الله تعالى : ( فإن لم يستجيبوا لك ) أي : فإن لم يجيبوك عما قلت لهم ولم يتبعوا الحق ( فاعلم أنما يتبعون أهواءهم ) أي : بلا دليل ولا حجة ( ومن أضل ممن اتبع هواه بغير هدى من الله ) أي : بغير حجة مأخوذة من كتاب الله ، ( إن الله لا يهدي القوم الظالمين ) .

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