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Al-Isra 94

Ayah 94 of 111 · Meccan

وَمَا مَنَعَ ٱلنَّاسَ أَن يُؤۡمِنُوٓاْ إِذۡ جَآءَهُمُ ٱلۡهُدَىٰٓ إِلَّآ أَن قَالُوٓاْ أَبَعَثَ ٱللَّهُ بَشَرٗا رَّسُولٗا ٩٤

And what prevented the people from believing when guidance came to them except that they said, "Has Allāh sent a human messenger?"

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَمَاAnd whatwamā
  2. مَنَعَpreventedmanaʿa
  3. ٱلنَّاسَthe peoplel-nāsa
  4. أَنthatan
  5. يُؤۡمِنُوٓاْthey believeyu'minū
  6. إِذۡwhenidh
  7. جَآءَهُمُcame to themjāahumu
  8. ٱلۡهُدَىٰٓthe guidancel-hudā
  9. إِلَّآexceptillā
  10. أَنthatan
  11. قَالُوٓاْthey saidqālū
  12. أَبَعَثَHas Allah sentabaʿatha
  13. ٱللَّهُHas Allah sentl-lahu
  14. بَشَرٗاa humanbasharan
  15. رَّسُولٗاMessengerrasūlan

Tafsir

And the only thing which stopped the disbelievers from bringing faith upon Allah and His Messengers, and acting upon what the Messenger brought, was their refusal to accept that a Messenger can be from humankind, as they said denyingly: Did Allah send a Messenger from humankind?

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran