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

Al-Anfal 8:31

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وَإِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِمْ ءَايَـٰتُنَا قَالُوا۟ قَدْ سَمِعْنَا لَوْ نَشَآءُ لَقُلْنَا مِثْلَ هَـٰذَآ ۙ إِنْ هَـٰذَآ إِلَّآ أَسَـٰطِيرُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

And when Our verses are recited to them, they say, "We have heard. If we willed, we could say [something] like this. This is not but legends of the former peoples."

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Tafsir Muyassar

Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Saudi Arabia

وإذا تتلى على هؤلاء الذين كفروا بالله آيات القرآن العزيز قالوا جهلا منهم وعنادًا للحق: قد سمعنا هذا من قبل، لو نشاء لقلنا مثل هذا القرآن، ما هذا القرآن الذي تتلوه علينا -أيها الرسول- إلا أكاذيب الأولين.

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