سُوْرَةُ الْاَنْفَالِ
Surah Al-Anfaal (8) — Ayah 32
وَإِذْ قَالُوا۟ ٱللَّهُمَّ إِن كَانَ هَـٰذَا هُوَ ٱلْحَقَّ مِنْ عِندِكَ فَأَمْطِرْ عَلَيْنَا حِجَارَةً مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ أَوِ ٱئْتِنَا بِعَذَابٍ أَلِيمٍ ﴿32﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
And (remember) when they said: "O Allâh! If this (the Qur’ân) is indeed the truth (revealed) from You, then rain down stones on us from the sky or bring on us a painful torment."
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
وَإِذْ
wa-idh
And when
قَالُوا۟
qālū
they said
ٱللَّهُمَّ
l-lahuma
O Allah
إِن
in
If
كَانَ
kāna
was
هَـٰذَا
hādhā
this
هُوَ
huwa
[it]
ٱلْحَقَّ
l-ḥaqa
the truth
مِنْ
min
[of]
عِندِكَ
ʿindika
from You
فَأَمْطِرْ
fa-amṭir
then (send) rain
عَلَيْنَا
ʿalaynā
upon us
حِجَارَةًۭ
ḥijāratan
(of) stones
مِّنَ
mina
from
ٱلسَّمَآءِ
l-samāi
the sky
أَوِ
awi
or
ٱئْتِنَا
i'tinā
bring (upon) us
بِعَذَابٍ
biʿadhābin
a punishment
أَلِيمٍۢ
alīmin
painful
Tafsir Taiseer ul-Quran — Maulana Abdul Rahman Kilani
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32. And (remember) when the disbelievers said: "O Allah! If this (religion) is indeed the truth from You, then rain down upon us stones from the sky or bring upon us a painful punishment." [33]
[33]
Abu Jahl’s Demand for Punishment:
This statement was made by Abu Jahl, and he said it mockingly, and he said it in the hearing of the Muslims. What he meant was that if these Muslims are truthful, then as much pain and suffering as we are causing them, in retribution for that, punishment from the sky should have descended upon us by now. And since that punishment has not descended upon us until today, therefore the religion of the Muslims is false and it cannot be from Allah. One answer to Abu Jahl’s supplication has already passed earlier in this surah, where Allah Almighty addressed the disbelievers and said that before (the Battle of Badr) you used to pray for a decision between truth and falsehood. So now, in the form of the Battle of Badr, My decision has become known to you, and if you desist even now, it is better for you, and if you do not desist, then I will punish you again in the same way. And the second answer is mentioned in the next verse.
[33]
Abu Jahl’s Demand for Punishment:
This statement was made by Abu Jahl, and he said it mockingly, and he said it in the hearing of the Muslims. What he meant was that if these Muslims are truthful, then as much pain and suffering as we are causing them, in retribution for that, punishment from the sky should have descended upon us by now. And since that punishment has not descended upon us until today, therefore the religion of the Muslims is false and it cannot be from Allah. One answer to Abu Jahl’s supplication has already passed earlier in this surah, where Allah Almighty addressed the disbelievers and said that before (the Battle of Badr) you used to pray for a decision between truth and falsehood. So now, in the form of the Battle of Badr, My decision has become known to you, and if you desist even now, it is better for you, and if you do not desist, then I will punish you again in the same way. And the second answer is mentioned in the next verse.
