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Ash-Shu'ara 199

Ayah 199 of 227 · Meccan

فَقَرَأَهُۥ عَلَيۡهِم مَّا كَانُواْ بِهِۦ مُؤۡمِنِينَ ١٩٩

And he had recited it to them [perfectly],1 they would [still] not have been believers in it.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 As a miracle from Allāh.

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. فَقَرَأَهُۥAnd he (had) recited itfaqara-ahu
  2. عَلَيۡهِمto themʿalayhim
  3. مَّاnotmā
  4. كَانُواْthey wouldkānū
  5. بِهِۦin itbihi
  6. مُؤۡمِنِينَ(be) believersmu'minīna

Tafsir

And then they were to read it to them, they would not become believers, because they would say, “I do not understand it!” So they should praise Allah that it was revealed in their language.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran