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Meccan · Surah 15 of 114

Al-Hijr 15:13

The Rock · ayah 13 of 99

لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِهِۦ ۖ وَقَدْ خَلَتْ سُنَّةُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

La yu/minoona bihi waqad khalatsunnatu al-awwaleen

"They will not believe in it, while there has already occurred the precedent of the former peoples."

Saheeh International translation

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Other English translations

Abdel Haleem (Oxford)+

"They will not believe in it. That was what happened with the peoples of long ago,"

Pickthall (classic)+

"They believe not therein, though the example of the men of old hath gone before."

Yusuf Ali (classic)+

"That they should not believe in the (Message); but the ways of the ancients have passed away."

Tafsīr · classical commentary

Ibn Kathir

Abridged English, public domain

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The Idolators of Every Nation made a Mockery of their Messengers

Consoling His Messenger for the rejection of the disbelieving Quraysh, Allah says that He has sent Messengers before him to the nations of the past, and no Messenger came to a nation but they rejected him and mocked him. Then He tells him that He lets disbelief enter the hearts of those sinners who are too stubborn and too arrogant to follow His guidance.

كَذَلِكَ نَسْلُكُهُ فِى قُلُوبِ الْمُجْرِمِينَ

(Thus We allow it to enter the hearts of the guilty.) Anas and Al-Hasan Al-Basri said that this referred to Shirk.

وَقَدْ خَلَتْ سُنَّةُ الاٌّوَّلِينَ

(and already the example of the ancients has gone forth.) meaning the destruction wrought by Allah on those who rejected His Messengers, and how He saved His Prophets and their followers in this world and in the Hereafter, is well known.

Tafsir Saʿdi

English translation, public domain

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Всевышний поведал Своему посланнику, которого многобожники нарекли лжецом, что во все времена неверующие народы обходились с Его посланниками подобным образом. Посланники приходили к различным народам и сектам и призывали людей уверовать в истину и последовать прямым путем, однако неверующие только насмехались над ними. Так Аллах насаждает неверие в сердцах несправедливых и злостных клеветников. Они исповедуют одинаковое неверие и одинаково скверно относятся к Божьим пророкам и посланникам. Они глумятся над ними и отказываются уверовать в них. А это значит, что их участь хорошо известна, поскольку Аллах непременно подвергает погибели всех, кто отказывается уверовать в Божьи знамения.

Maʿārif al-Qur'ān

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Mufti Shafi Usmani, English

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A Lexical Note of Explanation

The word: اَلشِيَعِ in the first verse (10) is the plural form of: شِیعہ (shah) which means the follower or helper of a person. Then, it is also used to denote a group which agrees upon particular beliefs and theoretical assumptions. So, the sense of the statement is that Allah Ta’ ala has sent messengers among every group or sect. Here, by using the word: فِی in فِي شِيَعِ الْأَوَّلِينَ ( in place of اِلٰی : ila: to (translated as 'among the groups of earlier peoples' ), the hint given is that the messenger for every group was sent from among that particular group so that people would find it easy to trust him, and that he too, by being aware of their taste and temperament, could make appropriate plans to work for their reform.

Tafsīr sourced from quran.com's open API. These are classical commentaries; for personal rulings consult a qualified scholar.

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