Translation of the Meanings of the Noble Qur'an - English Translation - Dr. Waleed Bleyhesh Omary * - Translations’ Index
Translation of the meanings Ayah: (7) Surah: Al-An‘ām
وَلَوۡ نَزَّلۡنَا عَلَيۡكَ كِتَٰبٗا فِي قِرۡطَاسٖ فَلَمَسُوهُ بِأَيۡدِيهِمۡ لَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوٓاْ إِنۡ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا سِحۡرٞ مُّبِينٞ
(7) [1311]Had We sent you a Book in ˹actual˺ sheets, so that they would touch it with their own hands, the Deniers would ˹only˺ say: “This is nothing but sheer sorcery!”[1312]
[1311] This passage expounds, explains and substantiates the previous one.
[1312] The reason for their Denial was not the seemingly weak abstract arguments and evidences they were being presented with, for even if they were to have concrete evidence brought to them (here, a heavenly book in touchable, tangible material, unlike the Unseen revelation that the Messenger (ﷺ) was relaying to them), they would still not Believe, out of deep-set aversion and ingrained antagonism (Ibn ʿUthaymīn). When faced with concrete evidence, they would always conjure up the lame ploy of calling it all nothing but magic: “And even if We opened for them a gate to Heaven, through which they continued to ascend, *they would still say: “Our eyes are hallucinating. We are bewitched!”” (15: 14-15).
[1312] The reason for their Denial was not the seemingly weak abstract arguments and evidences they were being presented with, for even if they were to have concrete evidence brought to them (here, a heavenly book in touchable, tangible material, unlike the Unseen revelation that the Messenger (ﷺ) was relaying to them), they would still not Believe, out of deep-set aversion and ingrained antagonism (Ibn ʿUthaymīn). When faced with concrete evidence, they would always conjure up the lame ploy of calling it all nothing but magic: “And even if We opened for them a gate to Heaven, through which they continued to ascend, *they would still say: “Our eyes are hallucinating. We are bewitched!”” (15: 14-15).
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:
Translation of the meanings Ayah: (7) Surah: Al-An‘ām
Translation of the Meanings of the Noble Qur'an - English Translation - Dr. Waleed Bleyhesh Omary - Translations’ Index
Translation of the meanings of the Noble Qur’an into English - in progress - translated by Dr. Walid Bleihesh Al-Omari.