سُوْرَةُ الْاَنْۣبِيَآءِ
Surah Al-Anbiyaa (21) — Ayah 5
بَلْ قَالُوٓا۟ أَضْغَـٰثُ أَحْلَـٰمٍۭ بَلِ ٱفْتَرَىٰهُ بَلْ هُوَ شَاعِرٌ فَلْيَأْتِنَا بِـَٔايَةٍ كَمَآ أُرْسِلَ ٱلْأَوَّلُونَ ﴿5﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
Nay, they say: "These (revelations of the Qur’ân which are revealed to Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) are mixed up false dreams! Nay, he has invented them! - Nay, he is a poet! Let him then bring us an Ayâh (sign as a proof) like the ones (Prophets) the former were sent (with)!"
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
بَلْ
bal
Nay
قَالُوٓا۟
qālū
they say
أَضْغَـٰثُ
aḍghāthu
Muddled
أَحْلَـٰمٍۭ
aḥlāmin
dreams
بَلِ
bali
nay
ٱفْتَرَىٰهُ
if'tarāhu
he (has) invented it
بَلْ
bal
nay
هُوَ
huwa
he
شَاعِرٌۭ
shāʿirun
(is) a poet
فَلْيَأْتِنَا
falyatinā
So let him bring us
بِـَٔايَةٍۢ
biāyatin
a sign
كَمَآ
kamā
like what
أُرْسِلَ
ur'sila
was sent
ٱلْأَوَّلُونَ
l-awalūna
(to) the former
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.
5. 1. These whispering wrongdoers did not stop there, but said that this Qur'an is a collection of bewildering thoughts like confused dreams, rather it is his own fabrication, rather he is a poet and this Qur'an is not a book of guidance, it is poetry. That is, they are not settled on any one thing. Every day they change their stance and invent new accusations.
5. 2. That is, just as the she-camel was for Thamud, and the staff and the shining hand, etc., were for Musa (Moses) عليه السلام.
5. 2. That is, just as the she-camel was for Thamud, and the staff and the shining hand, etc., were for Musa (Moses) عليه السلام.
