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

Saba 34:54

Word by word

وَحِيلَ بَيْنَهُمْ وَبَيْنَ مَا يَشْتَهُونَ كَمَا فُعِلَ بِأَشْيَاعِهِم مِّن قَبْلُ ۚ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ فِى شَكٍّ مُّرِيبٍۭ

And prevention will be placed between them and what they desire, as was done with their kind before. Indeed, they were in disquieting doubt [i.e., denial].

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Tafsir Muyassar

Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Saudi Arabia

وحيل بين الكفار وما يشتهون من التوبة والعودة إلى الدنيا ليؤمنوا، كما فعل الله بأمثالهم من كفرة الأمم السابقة، إنهم كانوا في الدنيا في شَكٍّ من أمر الرسل والبعث والحساب، مُحْدِث للريبة والقلق، فلذلك لم يؤمنوا.

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