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

Al-A'raf 7:101

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تِلْكَ ٱلْقُرَىٰ نَقُصُّ عَلَيْكَ مِنْ أَنۢبَآئِهَا ۚ وَلَقَدْ جَآءَتْهُمْ رُسُلُهُم بِٱلْبَيِّنَـٰتِ فَمَا كَانُوا۟ لِيُؤْمِنُوا۟ بِمَا كَذَّبُوا۟ مِن قَبْلُ ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ يَطْبَعُ ٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِ ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ

Those cities - We relate to you, [O Muḥammad], some of their news. And certainly did their messengers come to them with clear proofs, but they were not to believe in that which they had denied before. Thus does Allāh seal over the hearts of the disbelievers.

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Tafsir Muyassar

Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Saudi Arabia

تلك القرى التي تَقَدَّم ذِكْرُها، وهي قرى قوم نوح وهود وصالح ولوط وشعيب، نقصُّ عليك -أيها الرسول- من أخبارها، وما كان من أَمْر رسل الله التي أرسلت إليهم، ما يحصل به عبرة للمعتبرين وازدجار للظالمين. ولقد جاءت أهلَ القرى رسلنا بالحجج البينات على صدقهم، فما كانوا ليؤمنوا بما جاءتهم به الرسل; بسبب طغيانهم وتكذيبهم بالحق، ومثل خَتْمِ الله على قلوب هؤلاء الكافرين المذكورين يختم الله على قلوب الكافرين بمحمد صلى الله عليه وسلم.

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