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Surah Ibrahim, Ayah 9 (14:9)

إِبْرَاهِيم

أَلَمْ يَأْتِكُمْ نَبَؤُا۟ ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِكُمْ قَوْمِ نُوحٍ وَعَادٍ وَثَمُودَ ۛ وَٱلَّذِينَ مِنۢ …

Quran 14:9 is ayah 9 of Surah Ibrahim (“Abraham”), a Meccan surah of 52 ayahs. It is in Juz 13, on page 256 of the Madani Mushaf.

14:9
أَلَمْيَأْتِكُمْنَبَؤُا۟ٱلَّذِينَمِنقَبْلِكُمْقَوْمِنُوحٍوَعَادٍوَثَمُودَ ۛوَٱلَّذِينَمِنۢبَعْدِهِمْ ۛلَايَعْلَمُهُمْإِلَّاٱللَّهُ ۚجَآءَتْهُمْرُسُلُهُمبِٱلْبَيِّنَٰتِفَرَدُّوٓا۟أَيْدِيَهُمْفِىٓأَفْوَٰهِهِمْوَقَالُوٓا۟إِنَّاكَفَرْنَابِمَآأُرْسِلْتُمبِهِۦوَإِنَّالَفِىشَكٍّمِّمَّاتَدْعُونَنَآإِلَيْهِمُرِيبٍ٩
alam yatikum naba-u alladhīna min qablikum qawmi nūḥin waʿādin wathamūda wa-alladhīna min baʿdihim lā yaʿlamuhum illā l-lahu jāathum rusuluhum bil-bayināti faraddū aydiyahum fī afwāhihim waqālū innā kafarnā bimā ur'sil'tum bihi wa-innā lafī shakkin mimmā tadʿūnanā ilayhi murībin

Has there not reached you the news of those before you - the people of Noah and ʿAad and Thamūd and those after them? No one knows them [i.e., their number] but Allāh. Their messengers brought them clear proofs, but they returned their hands to their mouths and said, "Indeed, we disbelieve in that with which you have been sent, and indeed we are, about that to which you invite us, in disquieting doubt."(9)

Word by word

  1. أَلَمْalamHas not
  2. يَأْتِكُمْyatikumcome to you
  3. نَبَؤُا۟naba-u(the) news
  4. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna(of) those who
  5. مِنmin(were) before you
  6. قَبْلِكُمْqablikum(were) before you
  7. قَوْمِqawmithe people
  8. نُوحٍnūḥinof Nuh
  9. وَعَادٍwaʿādinand Aad
  10. وَثَمُودَ ۛwathamūdaand Thamud
  11. وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaand those who
  12. مِنۢmin(were) after them
  13. بَعْدِهِمْ ۛbaʿdihim(were) after them
  14. لَاlāNone
  15. يَعْلَمُهُمْyaʿlamuhumknows them
  16. إِلَّاillāexcept
  17. ٱللَّهُ ۚl-lahuAllah
  18. جَآءَتْهُمْjāathumCame to them
  19. رُسُلُهُمrusuluhumtheir Messengers
  20. بِٱلْبَيِّنَٰتِbil-bayinātiwith clear proofs
  21. فَرَدُّوٓا۟faraddūbut they returned
  22. أَيْدِيَهُمْaydiyahumtheir hands
  23. فِىٓfīin
  24. أَفْوَٰهِهِمْafwāhihimtheir mouths
  25. وَقَالُوٓا۟waqālūand they said
  26. إِنَّاinnāIndeed we
  27. كَفَرْنَاkafarnā[we] disbelieve
  28. بِمَآbimāin what
  29. أُرْسِلْتُمur'sil'tumyou have been sent
  30. بِهِۦbihiwith [it]
  31. وَإِنَّاwa-innāand indeed, we
  32. لَفِىlafī(are) surely in
  33. شَكٍّshakkindoubt
  34. مِّمَّاmimmāabout what
  35. تَدْعُونَنَآtadʿūnanāyou invite us
  36. إِلَيْهِilayhito it
  37. مُرِيبٍmurībinsuspicious

Tafsir (commentary) of 14:9

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English · EnglishTafsir Ibn Kathir (Abridged) — Hafiz Ibn Kathir

Earlier Nations disbelieved in Their Prophets

Allah narrated to this Ummah (followers of Muhammad ) the stories of the people of Prophet Nuh, `Ad and Thamud, and other ancient nations that belied their Messengers. Only Allah knows the count of these nations,

جَآءَتْهُمْ رُسُلُهُم بِالْبَيِّنَـتِ

(To them came their Messengers with clear proofs,) they brought them evidences and plain, tremendous proofs and signs. Ibn Ishaq reported that `Amr bin Maymun said that `Abdullah said about Allah's statement,

لاَ يَعْلَمُهُمْ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ

(None knows them but Allah.) "The genealogists utter lies." This is why `Urwah bin Az-Zubayr said, "We did not find anyone who knows the forefathers of Ma`dd bin `Adnan."

Meaning of, "They put Their Hands in Their Mouths

 Allah said next, 

فَرَدُّواْ أَيْدِيَهُمْ فِى أَفْوَاهِهِمْ

(but they put their hands in their mouths) It is said that they pointed to the Messengers' mouths asking them to stop calling them to Allah, the Exalted and Most Honored. It is also said that it means, they placed their hands on their mouths in denial of the Messengers. It was also said that it means that they did not answer the call of the Messengers, or they were biting their hands in rage. Mujahid, Muhammad bin Ka`b and Qatadah said that they belied the Messengers and refuted their call with their mouths. I (Ibn Kathir) say that Mujahid's Tafsir is supported by the completion of the narrative,

وَقَالُواْ إِنَّا كَفَرْنَا بِمَآ أُرْسِلْتُمْ بِهِ وَإِنَّا لَفِى شَكٍّ مِّمَّا تَدْعُونَنَآ إِلَيْهِ مُرِيبٍ

(and said: "Verily, we disbelieve in that with which you have been sent, and we are really in grave doubt as to that to which you invite us.") Al-`Awfi reported that Ibn `Abbas said, "When they heard Allah's Word, they were amazed and placed their hands on their mouths,"

وَقَالُواْ إِنَّا كَفَرْنَا بِمَآ أُرْسِلْتُمْ بِهِ

(and said: "Verily, we disbelieve in that with which you have been sent.") They said, We do not believe what you brought us, and have strong doubt in its authenticity. '

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