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Surah Al-Qasas (28) — Ayah 47
وَلَوْلَآ أَن تُصِيبَهُم مُّصِيبَةٌۢ بِمَا قَدَّمَتْ أَيْدِيهِمْ فَيَقُولُوا۟ رَبَّنَا لَوْلَآ أَرْسَلْتَ إِلَيْنَا رَسُولًا فَنَتَّبِعَ ءَايَـٰتِكَ وَنَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ ﴿47﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
And if (We had) not (sent you to the people of Makkah) - in case a calamity should seize them for (the deeds) that their hands have sent forth, they would have said: "Our Lord! Why did You not send us a Messenger? We would then have followed Your Ayât (Verses of the Qur’ân) and would have been among the believers."
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
وَلَوْلَآ
walawlā
And if not
أَن
an
[that]
تُصِيبَهُم
tuṣībahum
struck them
مُّصِيبَةٌۢ
muṣībatun
a disaster
بِمَا
bimā
for what
قَدَّمَتْ
qaddamat
had sent forth
أَيْدِيهِمْ
aydīhim
their hands
فَيَقُولُوا۟
fayaqūlū
and they would say
رَبَّنَا
rabbanā
Our Lord
لَوْلَآ
lawlā
Why not
أَرْسَلْتَ
arsalta
You sent
إِلَيْنَا
ilaynā
to us
رَسُولًۭا
rasūlan
a Messenger
فَنَتَّبِعَ
fanattabiʿa
so we (could have) followed
ءَايَـٰتِكَ
āyātika
Your Verses
وَنَكُونَ
wanakūna
and we (would) have been
مِنَ
mina
of
ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ
l-mu'minīna
the believers
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.
47-1. That is, in order to remove this very excuse, We have sent you to them because, due to the passage of time, the teachings of previous prophets have been distorted and their call has been forgotten, and such circumstances necessitate the need for a new prophet. This is why Allah Almighty has preserved the teachings of the Last Prophet, Muhammad ﷺ (Qur'an and Hadith), from distortion and alteration, and has made such an arrangement by His decree that your call has reached every corner of the world and continues to reach, so that there remains no need for a new prophet. And whoever, by claiming this 'need', fabricates a claim to prophethood, is a liar and an imposter.
