سُوْرَةُ الْاَنْۣبِيَآءِ
Surah Al-Anbiyaa (21) — Ayah 41
وَلَقَدِ ٱسْتُهْزِئَ بِرُسُلٍ مِّن قَبْلِكَ فَحَاقَ بِٱلَّذِينَ سَخِرُوا۟ مِنْهُم مَّا كَانُوا۟ بِهِۦ يَسْتَهْزِءُونَ ﴿41﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
Indeed, (many) Messengers were mocked before you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم), but the scoffers were surrounded by that, whereat they used to mock.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
وَلَقَدِ
walaqadi
And verily
ٱسْتُهْزِئَ
us'tuh'zi-a
were mocked
بِرُسُلٍۢ
birusulin
Messengers
مِّن
min
before you
قَبْلِكَ
qablika
before you
فَحَاقَ
faḥāqa
then surrounded
بِٱلَّذِينَ
bi-alladhīna
those who
سَخِرُوا۟
sakhirū
mocked
مِنْهُم
min'hum
from them
مَّا
mā
what
كَانُوا۟
kānū
they used
بِهِۦ
bihi
at it
يَسْتَهْزِءُونَ
yastahziūna
(to) mock
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.
41. 1. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ is being comforted that he should not be disheartened by the mockery and denial of the polytheists; this is nothing new, the same happened with the prophets who came before you. In the end, the same punishment befell them, that is, it surrounded them, the very punishment they used to mock and whose occurrence seemed far-fetched to them, just as it is stated elsewhere (وَلَقَدْ كُذِّبَتْ رُسُلٌ مِّنْ قَبْلِكَ فَصَبَرُوْا عَلٰي مَا كُذِّبُوْا وَاُوْذُوْا حَتّٰى اَتٰىهُمْ نَصْرُنَا) 6. Al-An'am:34) "Messengers before you were also denied, but they patiently bore the denial and the harm done to them until Our help came to them." Along with comforting the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, there is also a warning and threat for the disbelievers and polytheists in this.
