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Surah Qaaf (50) — Ayah 2

The letter Qaaf · Meccan · Juz 26 · Page 518

بَلْ عَجِبُوٓا۟ أَن جَآءَهُم مُّنذِرٌ مِّنْهُمْ فَقَالَ ٱلْكَـٰفِرُونَ هَـٰذَا شَىْءٌ عَجِيبٌ ﴿2﴾
Nay, they wonder that there has come to them a warner (Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) from among themselves. So the disbelievers say: "This is a strange thing!
بَلْ bal Nay
عَجِبُوٓا۟ ʿajibū they wonder
أَن an that
جَآءَهُم jāahum has come to them
مُّنذِرٌۭ mundhirun a warner
مِّنْهُمْ min'hum from them
فَقَالَ faqāla So say
ٱلْكَـٰفِرُونَ l-kāfirūna the disbelievers
هَـٰذَا hādhā This
شَىْءٌ shayon (is) a thing
عَجِيبٌ ʿajībun amazing

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2. 1. Although there is nothing surprising in this, every prophet was an individual from the same nation to which he was sent. Accordingly, to warn the Quraysh of Makkah, a person from among the Quraysh themselves was chosen for prophethood.