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Qaf 2

Ayah 2 of 45 · Meccan

بَلۡ عَجِبُوٓاْ أَن جَآءَهُم مُّنذِرٞ مِّنۡهُمۡ فَقَالَ ٱلۡكَٰفِرُونَ هَٰذَا شَيۡءٌ عَجِيبٌ ٢

But they wonder that there has come to them a warner from among themselves, and the disbelievers say, "This is an amazing thing.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. بَلۡNaybal
  2. عَجِبُوٓاْthey wonderʿajibū
  3. أَنthatan
  4. جَآءَهُمhas come to themjāahum
  5. مُّنذِرٞa warnermundhirun
  6. مِّنۡهُمۡfrom themmin'hum
  7. فَقَالَSo sayfaqāla
  8. ٱلۡكَٰفِرُونَthe disbelieversl-kāfirūna
  9. هَٰذَاThishādhā
  10. شَيۡءٌ(is) a thingshayon
  11. عَجِيبٌamazingʿajībun

Tafsir

The cause of their rejection was not that they expected you to lie, because they know your honesty. Rather, they are amazed that a warning messenger came to them from their own species, not from the angels. They say, in amazement, “A human messenger coming to us is a strange thing!”

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