سُوْرَةُ الْكَهْفِ
Surah Al-Kahf (18) — Ayah 56
وَمَا نُرْسِلُ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ إِلَّا مُبَشِّرِينَ وَمُنذِرِينَ ۚ وَيُجَـٰدِلُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ بِٱلْبَـٰطِلِ لِيُدْحِضُوا۟ بِهِ ٱلْحَقَّ ۖ وَٱتَّخَذُوٓا۟ ءَايَـٰتِى وَمَآ أُنذِرُوا۟ هُزُوًا ﴿56﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
And We send not the Messengers except as givers of glad tidings and warners. But those who disbelieve, dispute with false argument, in order to refute the truth thereby. And they treat My Ayât (proofs, evidence, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.), and that with which they are warned, as a jest and mockery!
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
وَمَا
wamā
And not
نُرْسِلُ
nur'silu
We send
ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ
l-mur'salīna
the Messengers
إِلَّا
illā
except
مُبَشِّرِينَ
mubashirīna
(as) bearers of glad tidings
وَمُنذِرِينَ ۚ
wamundhirīna
and (as) warners
وَيُجَـٰدِلُ
wayujādilu
And dispute
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
those who
كَفَرُوا۟
kafarū
disbelieve
بِٱلْبَـٰطِلِ
bil-bāṭili
with falsehood
لِيُدْحِضُوا۟
liyud'ḥiḍū
to refute
بِهِ
bihi
thereby
ٱلْحَقَّ ۖ
l-ḥaqa
the truth
وَٱتَّخَذُوٓا۟
wa-ittakhadhū
And they take
ءَايَـٰتِى
āyātī
My Verses
وَمَآ
wamā
and what
أُنذِرُوا۟
undhirū
they are warned
هُزُوًۭا
huzuwan
(in) ridicule
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.
56. 1. And mocking the signs of Allah is the worst form of denial. Likewise, striving to prove the truth as falsehood through false arguments (i.e., by adopting false methods) is also a highly reprehensible act. One form of this false argument is that disbelievers have continued to deny their messengership by saying, "You are only human beings like us." ما انتم الا بشر مثلنا. Yaseen. How can we accept you as messengers? دحض. The original meaning is "to slip." It is said: دحضت رجلہ — his foot slipped. From here, it began to be used in the sense of the decline and invalidation of something. It is said: دحضت حجتۃ دحوضا ای بطلت — his argument became invalid. In this sense, the meaning of ادحض یدحض would be "to invalidate" (Fath al-Qadeer).
