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
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56. And We do not send the messengers except as bearers of good news [54] and as warners. But those who disbelieve argue with false arguments to refute the truth thereby, and they have taken My signs and warnings in mockery.
[54]
The Disbelievers Arguing with the Messengers Through Absurd Questions:
The real task of the messengers is only to give glad tidings of Paradise to the obedient according to the message revealed to them from Allah, and to warn the disobedient of their evil end. Or, by acting upon Allah’s commands, to show people the way. It is not their job to fulfill the miracles demanded by the disbelievers, and when the disbelievers and deniers of the truth demand miracles from the prophets or ask them all sorts of questions to test them, their purpose is never that if the miracle is shown or their questions are answered, they will believe. Rather, they are seeking a way to reject the prophet and his message, or if that is not possible, then by mocking the signs of Allah and taunting the Muslims, they try to satisfy themselves.
[54]
The Disbelievers Arguing with the Messengers Through Absurd Questions:
The real task of the messengers is only to give glad tidings of Paradise to the obedient according to the message revealed to them from Allah, and to warn the disobedient of their evil end. Or, by acting upon Allah’s commands, to show people the way. It is not their job to fulfill the miracles demanded by the disbelievers, and when the disbelievers and deniers of the truth demand miracles from the prophets or ask them all sorts of questions to test them, their purpose is never that if the miracle is shown or their questions are answered, they will believe. Rather, they are seeking a way to reject the prophet and his message, or if that is not possible, then by mocking the signs of Allah and taunting the Muslims, they try to satisfy themselves.
