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

Al-An'am 6:109

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وَأَقْسَمُوا۟ بِٱللَّهِ جَهْدَ أَيْمَـٰنِهِمْ لَئِن جَآءَتْهُمْ ءَايَةٌ لَّيُؤْمِنُنَّ بِهَا ۚ قُلْ إِنَّمَا ٱلْـَٔايَـٰتُ عِندَ ٱللَّهِ ۖ وَمَا يُشْعِرُكُمْ أَنَّهَآ إِذَا جَآءَتْ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ

And they swear by Allāh their strongest oaths that if a sign came to them, they would surely believe in it. Say, "The signs are only with [i.e., from] Allāh." And what will make you perceive that even if it [i.e., a sign] came, they would not believe.

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Tafsir Muyassar

Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Saudi Arabia

وأقسم هؤلاء المشركون بأيمان مؤكَّدة: لئن جاءنا محمد بعلامة خارقة لنصدقنَّ بما جاء به، قل -أيها الرسول-: إنما مجيء المعجزات الخارقة من عند الله تعالى، هو القادر على المجيء بها إذا شاء، وما يدريكم أيها المؤمنون: لعل هذه المعجزات إذا جاءت لا يصدِّق بها هؤلاء المشركون.

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