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Meccan · Surah 27 of 114

An-Naml 27:68

The Ant · ayah 68 of 93

لَقَدْ وُعِدْنَا هَٰذَا نَحْنُ وَءَابَآؤُنَا مِن قَبْلُ إِنْ هَٰذَآ إِلَّآ أَسَٰطِيرُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

Laqad wuAAidna hatha nahnuwaabaona min qablu in hatha illaasateeru al-awwaleen

"We have been promised this, we and our forefathers, before. This is not but legends of the former peoples.""

Saheeh International translation

Recitation by Mishary Alafasy
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Other English translations

Abdel Haleem (Oxford)+

"We have heard such promises before, and so did our forefathers. These are just ancient fables.’"

Pickthall (classic)+

"We were promised this, forsooth, we and our fathers. (All) this is naught but fables of the men of old."

Yusuf Ali (classic)+

""It is true we were promised this,- we and our fathers before (us): these are nothing but tales of the ancients.""

Tafsīr · classical commentary

Ibn Kathir

Abridged English, public domain

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Scepticism about the Resurrection and Its Refutation

Allah tells us about the idolators who deny the Resurrection, considering it extremely unlikely that bodies will be re-created after they have become bones and dust. Then He says:

لَقَدْ وُعِدْنَا هَـذَا نَحْنُ وَءَابَآؤُنَا مِن قَبْلُ

(Indeed we were promised this -- we and our forefathers before,) meaning, `we and our forefathers have been hearing this for a long time, but in reality, we have never seen it happen.'

إِنْ هَـذَآ إِلاَّ أَسَـطِيرُ الاٌّوَّلِينَ

(verily, these are nothing but tales of ancients.) the promises that bodies will be restored are

إِلاَّ أَسَـطِيرُ الاٌّوَّلِينَ

(nothing but tales of ancients.) meaning that they were taken by the people who came before us from books which were handed down from one to the other, but they have no basis in reality. Responding to their thoughts of disbelief and their belief that there would be no Resurrection, Allah said,

قُلْ

(Say) `O Muhammad, to these people,'

سِيرُواْ فِى الاٌّرْضِ فَاْنظُرُواْ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَـقِبَةُ الْمُجْرِمِينَ

(Travel in the land and see how has been the end of the criminals. ) meaning, those who denied the Messengers and their message of the Resurrection and other matters. See how the punishment and vengeance of Allah struck them and how Allah saved from among them the noble Messengers and the believers who followed them. This will be an indication of the truth of the Message brought by the Messengers. Then, to comfort the Prophet , Allah says:

وَلاَ تَحْزَنْ عَلَيْهِمْ

(And grieve you not over them,) meaning, `but do not feel sorry for them or kill yourself with regret for them,'

وَلاَ تَكُن فِى ضَيْقٍ مِّمَّا يَمْكُرُونَ

(nor be straitened because of what they plot.) means, `because they plot against you and reject what you have brought, for Allah will help and support you, and cause your religion to prevail over those who oppose you and stubbornly resist you in the east and in the west.'

Tafsir Saʿdi

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English translation, public domain

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Они считают воскрешение невозможным, потому что сравнивают могущество Всемогущего Господа со своими ограниченными возможностями. Они говорят: «С незапамятных времен люди говорят о воскрешении из мертвых, однако до сих пор с того света никто не вернулся. Все это - древние предания и легенды, которыми люди занимают себя, чтобы скоротать время. Они не имеют никакого основания и далеки от истины». В этих аятах Всевышний Аллах последовательно описал положение неверующих. Они не знают времени наступления Судного дня, не обладают здравым разумом и рассудительностью и поэтому терзаются сомнениями относительно Последней жизни. Они слепы, потому что не видят многочисленных свидетельств истинности воскрешения, и это заставляет их отрицать Последнюю жизнь. Постепенно страх перед Последней жизнью покидает их сердца - они начинают ослушаться Аллаха и без угрызений совести отрицают истину и провозглашают ложь. Они отказываются от поклонения Всемогущему Господу, отдают предпочтение удовлетворению своих порочных желаний и, как следствие, оказываются в убытке как при жизни на земле, так и после смерти.

Maʿārif al-Qur'ān

Mufti Shafi Usmani, English

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بَلِ ادَّارَ‌كَ عِلْمُهُمْ فِي الْآخِرَ‌ةِ ۚ بَلْ هُمْ فِي شَكٍّ مِّنْهَا ۖ بَلْ هُم مِّنْهَا عَمُونَ ﴿66﴾

Rather, their knowledge failed in the matter of Hereafter. Rather, they are in doubt about it. Rather, they are blind to it. 27:66.

There are different recitations for the word اِدّٰرَکَ (iddaraka) and their meanings are also different. Those who are interested should refer to different commentaries for the details. It is enough to understand here that some commentators have taken it to mean "completion" and have explained the verse thus: "Their knowledge and understanding will be completed in the Hereafter", because then the truth about every thing shall be laid bare. But knowledge of truth at that time will be of no avail, because they had been contradicting the Hereafter in the world. But some other commentators have taken the word in the meaning of 'having failed' and 'hating been lost'. The sense in this case would be that their knowledge about the Hereafter was lost, and they could not understand what it was.

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

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