Ibrahim 14:9
Abraham · Juz 13 · Page 256
أَلَمۡ يَأۡتِكُمۡ نَبَؤُاْ ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبۡلِكُمۡ قَوۡمِ نُوحٖ وَعَادٖ وَثَمُودَ وَٱلَّذِينَ مِنۢ بَعۡدِهِمۡ لَا يَعۡلَمُهُمۡ إِلَّا ٱللَّهُۚ جَآءَتۡهُمۡ رُسُلُهُم بِٱلۡبَيِّنَٰتِ فَرَدُّوٓاْ أَيۡدِيَهُمۡ فِيٓ أَفۡوَٰهِهِمۡ وَقَالُوٓاْ إِنَّا كَفَرۡنَا بِمَآ أُرۡسِلۡتُم بِهِۦ وَإِنَّا لَفِي شَكّٖ مِّمَّا تَدۡعُونَنَآ إِلَيۡهِ مُرِيبٖ ٩
Has there not reached you the news of those before you - the people of Noah and ʿAad and Thamūd and those after them? No one knows them [i.e., their number] but Allāh. Their messengers brought them clear proofs, but they returned their hands to their mouths1 and said, "Indeed, we disbelieve in that with which you have been sent, and indeed we are, about that to which you invite us, in disquieting doubt."
1 translator’s note
- Several explanations have been given as to the meaning. Based upon the conclusion of the verse, Ibn Katheer preferred that this was a gesture of denial and rejection. ↩
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Commentary on 14:9
﴿أَلَمْ﴾ الهمزة للاستفهام ولم حرف جازم ﴿يَأْتِكُمْ﴾ مضارع مجزوم بحذف حرف العلة والكاف مفعوله والميم للجمع ﴿نَبَؤُا﴾ فاعل والجملة مستأنفة ﴿الَّذِينَ﴾ موصول مضاف إليه ﴿مِنْ قَبْلِكُمْ﴾ متعلقان بالصلة المحذوفة ﴿قَوْمِ﴾ بدل مجرور من الذين ﴿نُوحٍ﴾ مضاف إليه ﴿وَعادٍ﴾ معطوف على نوح ﴿وَثَمُودَ﴾ معطوف مجرور بالفتحة لأنه ممنوع من الصرف ﴿وَالَّذِينَ﴾ اسم موصول مبتدأ ﴿مِنْ بَعْدِهِمْ﴾ متعلقان بالخبر والجملة معطوفة ﴿لا يَعْلَمُهُمْ إِلَّا اللَّهُ﴾ لا نافية ومضارع والهاء مفعوله وإلا أداة حصر ولفظ الجلالة فاعل والجملة لا محل لها لأنها جملة اعتراضية ﴿جاءَتْهُمْ رُسُلُهُمْ﴾ ماض ومفعوله وفاعله والهاء مضاف إليه ﴿بِالْبَيِّناتِ﴾ متعلقان بجاءتهم والجملة استئنافية ﴿فَرَدُّوا أَيْدِيَهُمْ﴾ ماض وفاعله ومفعوله والهاء مضاف إليه والجملة معطوفة ﴿فِي أَفْواهِهِمْ﴾ متعلقان بردوا ﴿وَقالُوا﴾ ماض وفاعله والجملة معطوفة ﴿إِنَّا﴾ إن واسمها والجملة مقول القول ﴿كَفَرْنا﴾ ماض وفاعله والجملة خبر إن ﴿بِما﴾ ما موصولية ومتعلقان بكفرنا ﴿أُرْسِلْتُمْ﴾ ماض مبني للمجهول والتاء نائب فاعل والجملة صلة ﴿بِهِ﴾ متعلقان بأرسلتم ﴿وَإِنَّا﴾ إن واسمها والجملة معطوفة ﴿لَفِي شَكٍّ﴾ اللام المزحلقة ومتعلقان بالخبر المحذوف ﴿مِمَّا﴾ من وما الموصولية متعلقان بشك ﴿تَدْعُونَنا﴾ مضارع وفاعله ومفعوله والجملة صلة ﴿إِلَيْهِ﴾ متعلقان بتدعوننا ﴿مُرِيبٍ﴾ صفة لشك.
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14:6
وَإِذۡ قَالَ مُوسَىٰ لِقَوۡمِهِ ٱذۡكُرُواْ نِعۡمَةَ ٱللَّهِ عَلَيۡكُمۡ إِذۡ أَنجَىٰكُم مِّنۡ ءَالِ فِرۡعَوۡنَ يَسُومُونَكُمۡ سُوٓءَ ٱلۡعَذَابِ وَيُذَبِّحُونَ أَبۡنَآءَكُمۡ وَيَسۡتَحۡيُونَ نِسَآءَكُمۡۚ وَفِي ذَٰلِكُم بَلَآءٞ مِّن رَّبِّكُمۡ عَظِيمٞ ٦
And [recall, O Children of Israel], when Moses said to his people, "Remember the favor of Allāh upon you when He saved you from the people of Pharaoh, who were afflicting you with the worst torment and were slaughtering your [newborn] sons and keeping your females alive. And in that was a great trial from your Lord.
14:7
وَإِذۡ تَأَذَّنَ رَبُّكُمۡ لَئِن شَكَرۡتُمۡ لَأَزِيدَنَّكُمۡۖ وَلَئِن كَفَرۡتُمۡ إِنَّ عَذَابِي لَشَدِيدٞ ٧
And [remember] when your Lord proclaimed, 'If you are grateful, I will surely increase you [in favor]; but if you deny, indeed, My punishment is severe.'"
14:8
وَقَالَ مُوسَىٰٓ إِن تَكۡفُرُوٓاْ أَنتُمۡ وَمَن فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ جَمِيعٗا فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَغَنِيٌّ حَمِيدٌ ٨
And Moses said, "If you should disbelieve, you and whoever is on the earth entirely - indeed, Allāh is Free of need and Praiseworthy."
14:9
أَلَمۡ يَأۡتِكُمۡ نَبَؤُاْ ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبۡلِكُمۡ قَوۡمِ نُوحٖ وَعَادٖ وَثَمُودَ وَٱلَّذِينَ مِنۢ بَعۡدِهِمۡ لَا يَعۡلَمُهُمۡ إِلَّا ٱللَّهُۚ جَآءَتۡهُمۡ رُسُلُهُم بِٱلۡبَيِّنَٰتِ فَرَدُّوٓاْ أَيۡدِيَهُمۡ فِيٓ أَفۡوَٰهِهِمۡ وَقَالُوٓاْ إِنَّا كَفَرۡنَا بِمَآ أُرۡسِلۡتُم بِهِۦ وَإِنَّا لَفِي شَكّٖ مِّمَّا تَدۡعُونَنَآ إِلَيۡهِ مُرِيبٖ ٩
Has there not reached you the news of those before you - the people of Noah and ʿAad and Thamūd and those after them? No one knows them [i.e., their number] but Allāh. Their messengers brought them clear proofs, but they returned their hands to their mouths1 and said, "Indeed, we disbelieve in that with which you have been sent, and indeed we are, about that to which you invite us, in disquieting doubt."
1 translator’s note
- Several explanations have been given as to the meaning. Based upon the conclusion of the verse, Ibn Katheer preferred that this was a gesture of denial and rejection. ↩
14:10
۞ قَالَتۡ رُسُلُهُمۡ أَفِي ٱللَّهِ شَكّٞ فَاطِرِ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِۖ يَدۡعُوكُمۡ لِيَغۡفِرَ لَكُم مِّن ذُنُوبِكُمۡ وَيُؤَخِّرَكُمۡ إِلَىٰٓ أَجَلٖ مُّسَمّٗىۚ قَالُوٓاْ إِنۡ أَنتُمۡ إِلَّا بَشَرٞ مِّثۡلُنَا تُرِيدُونَ أَن تَصُدُّونَا عَمَّا كَانَ يَعۡبُدُ ءَابَآؤُنَا فَأۡتُونَا بِسُلۡطَٰنٖ مُّبِينٖ ١٠
Their messengers said, "Can there be doubt about Allāh, Creator of the heavens and earth? He invites you that He may forgive you of your sins, and He delays you [i.e., your death] for a specified term." They said, "You are not but men like us who wish to avert us from what our fathers were worshipping. So bring us a clear authority [i.e., evidence]."