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Al-An'am 109

Ayah 109 of 165 · Meccan

وَأَقۡسَمُواْ بِٱللَّهِ جَهۡدَ أَيۡمَٰنِهِمۡ لَئِن جَآءَتۡهُمۡ ءَايَةٞ لَّيُؤۡمِنُنَّ بِهَاۚ قُلۡ إِنَّمَا ٱلۡأٓيَٰتُ عِندَ ٱللَّهِۖ وَمَا يُشۡعِرُكُمۡ أَنَّهَآ إِذَا جَآءَتۡ لَا يُؤۡمِنُونَ ١٠٩

And they swear by Allāh their strongest oaths that if a sign came to them, they would surely believe in it. Say, "The signs are only with [i.e., from] Allāh." And what will make you perceive that even if it [i.e., a sign] came, they would not believe.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَأَقۡسَمُواْAnd they swearwa-aqsamū
  2. بِٱللَّهِby Allahbil-lahi
  3. جَهۡدَstrongestjahda
  4. أَيۡمَٰنِهِمۡ(of) their oathsaymānihim
  5. لَئِنthat ifla-in
  6. جَآءَتۡهُمۡcame to themjāathum
  7. ءَايَةٞa signāyatun
  8. لَّيُؤۡمِنُنَّthey would surely believelayu'minunna
  9. بِهَاۚin itbihā
  10. قُلۡSayqul
  11. إِنَّمَاOnlyinnamā
  12. ٱلۡأٓيَٰتُthe signsl-āyātu
  13. عِندَ(are) withʿinda
  14. ٱللَّهِۖAllahl-lahi
  15. وَمَاAnd whatwamā
  16. يُشۡعِرُكُمۡwill make you perceiveyush'ʿirukum
  17. أَنَّهَآthat [it]annahā
  18. إِذَاwhenidhā
  19. جَآءَتۡit comesjāat
  20. لَاnotlā
  21. يُؤۡمِنُونَthey will believeyu'minūna

Tafsir

The idolaters swear by Allah, with their strongest oaths, that if Muhammad (peace be upon him) brings them one of the signs they asked for, then they will believe. Say to them, O Messenger: I do not have signs so that I may bring them: they are only with Allah, Who sends them down as He wills. And what will inform you, O believers, that if these signs come, as they request, they still will not believe? Instead, they will persist in their denial and stubbornness, because they in fact do not want to be guided.

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