سُوْرَةُ اِبْرَاهِيْمَ
Surah Ibrahim (14) — Ayah 9
أَلَمْ يَأْتِكُمْ نَبَؤُا۟ ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِكُمْ قَوْمِ نُوحٍ وَعَادٍ وَثَمُودَ ۛ وَٱلَّذِينَ مِنۢ بَعْدِهِمْ ۛ لَا يَعْلَمُهُمْ إِلَّا ٱللَّهُ ۚ جَآءَتْهُمْ رُسُلُهُم بِٱلْبَيِّنَـٰتِ فَرَدُّوٓا۟ أَيْدِيَهُمْ فِىٓ أَفْوَٰهِهِمْ وَقَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّا كَفَرْنَا بِمَآ أُرْسِلْتُم بِهِۦ وَإِنَّا لَفِى شَكٍّ مِّمَّا تَدْعُونَنَآ إِلَيْهِ مُرِيبٍ ﴿9﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
Has not the news reached you, of those before you, the people of Nûh (Noah), and ‘Âd, and Thamûd? And those after them? None knows them but Allâh. To them came their Messengers with clear proofs, but they put their hands in their mouths (biting them from anger) and said: "Verily, we disbelieve in that with which you have been sent, and we are really in grave doubt as to that to which you invite us (i.e. Islâmic Monotheism)."
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
أَلَمْ
alam
Has not
يَأْتِكُمْ
yatikum
come to you
نَبَؤُا۟
naba-u
(the) news
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
(of) those who
مِن
min
(were) before you
قَبْلِكُمْ
qablikum
(were) before you
قَوْمِ
qawmi
the people
نُوحٍۢ
nūḥin
of Nuh
وَعَادٍۢ
waʿādin
and Aad
وَثَمُودَ ۛ
wathamūda
and Thamud
وَٱلَّذِينَ
wa-alladhīna
and those who
مِنۢ
min
(were) after them
بَعْدِهِمْ ۛ
baʿdihim
(were) after them
لَا
lā
None
يَعْلَمُهُمْ
yaʿlamuhum
knows them
إِلَّا
illā
except
ٱللَّهُ ۚ
l-lahu
Allah
جَآءَتْهُمْ
jāathum
Came to them
رُسُلُهُم
rusuluhum
their Messengers
بِٱلْبَيِّنَـٰتِ
bil-bayināti
with clear proofs
فَرَدُّوٓا۟
faraddū
but they returned
أَيْدِيَهُمْ
aydiyahum
their hands
فِىٓ
fī
in
أَفْوَٰهِهِمْ
afwāhihim
their mouths
وَقَالُوٓا۟
waqālū
and they said
إِنَّا
innā
Indeed we
كَفَرْنَا
kafarnā
[we] disbelieve
بِمَآ
bimā
in what
أُرْسِلْتُم
ur'sil'tum
you have been sent
بِهِۦ
bihi
with [it]
وَإِنَّا
wa-innā
and indeed, we
لَفِى
lafī
(are) surely in
شَكٍّۢ
shakkin
doubt
مِّمَّا
mimmā
about what
تَدْعُونَنَآ
tadʿūnanā
you invite us
إِلَيْهِ
ilayhi
to it
مُرِيبٍۢ
murībin
suspicious
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan — Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan is a well-known Quran commentary by Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar from Pakistan. This tafsir explains the meanings of the Quran in accordance with the methodology of the Salaf (early righteous generations), relying on authentic sources and straightforward language. Due to its reliability and adherence to sound Islamic scholarship, the Saudi government publishes and distributes this tafsir among the Hujjaj (pilgrims) visiting the Haramain. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.
9. 1. The commentators have mentioned various meanings for this, for example: they put their hands into the messengers' mouths and said, "Our only response is that we deny your messengership." 2. They pointed towards the messengers' mouths with their fingers and said, "Be silent, and do not pay attention to the message they have brought." 3. They placed their hands on the mouths of the messengers in mockery and astonishment, just as a person does to suppress laughter. 4. They placed their hands on the mouths of their messengers and said, "Be silent." 5. Out of rage and anger, they put their hands into the messengers' mouths, just as it is mentioned regarding the hypocrites at another place: عضوا علیکم الانامل من الغیظ (Al Imran) — "They bite their fingers at you out of rage." Imam Shawkani and Imam Tabari have preferred this last meaning.
9. 2. "Mureeb" means such a doubt that causes the soul to be in severe anxiety and distress.
9. 2. "Mureeb" means such a doubt that causes the soul to be in severe anxiety and distress.
