ترجمهٔ معانی آیه 10 سوره سوره حجر - ترجمهٔ انگلیسی ـ دکتر ولید بلیهش العمری - دایرة المعارف قرآن کریم

آیه: 10

وَلَقَدۡ أَرۡسَلۡنَا مِن قَبۡلِكَ فِي شِيَعِ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ

(10) ^[3103]Indeed We have sent ˹Messengers˺ before you for companies^[3104] of old;

[3103] The pressing issue of ridicule is tackled again only to assure the Messenger (ﷺ) that Messengers before him were also treated in a similarly deriding manner; so he was no exception in this regard (cf. al-Wāḥidī, al-Wasīṭ, al-Samʿānī). Essentially, his detractors used such a stratagem not to gain sincere knowledge but rather to confound matters, no matter what evidences they were provided with (cf. Ibn ʿĀshūr).
[3104] Shiyaʿ (companies) means groups and nations. Originally, it denotes mutual help and support (cf. Ibn Qutaybah, Gharīb al-Qur’ān, al-Sijistānī, Gharīb al-Qur’ān, Ibn Fāris, Maqāyīs al-Lughah).