سُوْرَةُ الذَّارِياتِ
Surah Adh-Dhaariyat (51) — Ayah 53
أَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِهِۦ ۚ بَلْ هُمْ قَوْمٌ طَاغُونَ ﴿53﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
Have they (the people of the past) transmitted this saying to these (Quraish pagans)? Nay, they are themselves a people transgressing beyond bounds (in disbelief)!
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
أَتَوَاصَوْا۟
atawāṣaw
Have they transmitted it to them
بِهِۦ ۚ
bihi
Have they transmitted it to them
بَلْ
bal
Nay
هُمْ
hum
they
قَوْمٌۭ
qawmun
(are) a people
طَاغُونَ
ṭāghūna
transgressing
Tafsir Taiseer ul-Quran — Maulana Abdul Rahman Kilani
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53. Have they passed this down as a legacy to one another? Rather, they are a rebellious people [46].
[46]
The Common Factor Among All Disbelievers:
From the continuity of their behavior, it apparently seems as if every nation, before dying, would bequeath to the nation coming after them that if a messenger comes to you, you too should call him a sorcerer and a madman. The matter is not that there is a significant temporal or spatial gap between these nations, but the real issue is that among all such disbelievers, a few things are found as common factors: love for ancestral religion, fanaticism, stubbornness, arrogance, and the desire for freedom from the restrictions of the Shariah. These compel them to mock the prophets by calling them with such titles or similar ones. From this, another important point becomes evident: the motives related to good and evil, justice and oppression, which are naturally found in the human soul, have remained the same in every era; only the events have changed. For example, the rivalry that the brothers of Sayyiduna Yusuf ؑ had towards Sayyiduna Yusuf ؑ is still found among brothers today in the same way, even though the circumstances and events are different. Similarly, the mockery, ridicule, and titles used by the disbelievers of every era for their prophets have always been the same, even though their circumstances and events were of different kinds.
[46]
The Common Factor Among All Disbelievers:
From the continuity of their behavior, it apparently seems as if every nation, before dying, would bequeath to the nation coming after them that if a messenger comes to you, you too should call him a sorcerer and a madman. The matter is not that there is a significant temporal or spatial gap between these nations, but the real issue is that among all such disbelievers, a few things are found as common factors: love for ancestral religion, fanaticism, stubbornness, arrogance, and the desire for freedom from the restrictions of the Shariah. These compel them to mock the prophets by calling them with such titles or similar ones. From this, another important point becomes evident: the motives related to good and evil, justice and oppression, which are naturally found in the human soul, have remained the same in every era; only the events have changed. For example, the rivalry that the brothers of Sayyiduna Yusuf ؑ had towards Sayyiduna Yusuf ؑ is still found among brothers today in the same way, even though the circumstances and events are different. Similarly, the mockery, ridicule, and titles used by the disbelievers of every era for their prophets have always been the same, even though their circumstances and events were of different kinds.
