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

Al-Ma'idah 5:19

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يَـٰٓأَهْلَ ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ قَدْ جَآءَكُمْ رَسُولُنَا يُبَيِّنُ لَكُمْ عَلَىٰ فَتْرَةٍ مِّنَ ٱلرُّسُلِ أَن تَقُولُوا۟ مَا جَآءَنَا مِنۢ بَشِيرٍ وَلَا نَذِيرٍ ۖ فَقَدْ جَآءَكُم بَشِيرٌ وَنَذِيرٌ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌ

O People of the Scripture, there has come to you Our Messenger to make clear to you [the religion] after a period [of suspension] of messengers, lest you say, "There came not to us any bringer of good tidings or a warner." But there has come to you a bringer of good tidings and a warner. And Allāh is over all things competent.

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Tafsir Muyassar

Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Saudi Arabia

يا أيها اليهود والنصارى قد جاءكم رسولنا محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم، يُبيِّن لكم الحق والهدى بعد مُدَّة من الزمن بين إرساله بإرسال عيسى ابن مريم; لئلا تقولوا: ما جاءنا من بشير ولا نذير، فلا عُذرَ لكم بعد إرساله إليكم، فقد جاءكم من الله رسولٌ يبشِّر مَن آمن به، ويُنذِر مَن عصاه. والله على كل شيء قدير من عقاب العاصي وثواب المطيع.

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