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

Ad-Dukhan 44:17

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۞ وَلَقَدْ فَتَنَّا قَبْلَهُمْ قَوْمَ فِرْعَوْنَ وَجَآءَهُمْ رَسُولٌ كَرِيمٌ

And We had already tried before them the people of Pharaoh, and there came to them a noble messenger [i.e., Moses],

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Tafsir Muyassar

Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Saudi Arabia

ولقد اختبرنا وابتلينا قبل هؤلاء المشركين قوم فرعون، وجاءهم رسول كريم، وهو موسى عليه السلام، فكذبوه فهلكوا، فهكذا نفعل بأعدائك أيها الرسول، إن لم يؤمنوا.

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