Surah Anbiya ayat 10 Tafsir Quran 21:10

﴿لَقَدْ أَنزَلْنَا إِلَيْكُمْ كِتَابًا فِيهِ ذِكْرُكُمْ ۖ أَفَلَا تَعْقِلُونَ﴾
[ الأنبياء: 10]

21:10 We have certainly sent down to you a Book in which is your mention. Then will you not reason?

Now We have sent down as revelation to you O clan of Quraysh a Book in which there is the remembrance that is yours for it is in your language. Will you not understand? and so believe in it?

And We have sent down to you people a Book -the Quran- serving as a reminder to you in every respect and in due time will it praise your name to fame that you will be mentioned by others with admiration, adoration, and commendation; will you not understand

The Virtue of the Qur'an Here Allah points out the noble status of the Qur'an and urges them to recognize its worth: لَقَدْ أَنزَلْنَآ إِلَيْكُمْ كِتَـباً فِيهِ ذِكْرُكُمْ ( Indeed, We have sent down for you a Book in which there is Dhikrukum ).
Ibn `Abbas said: "Honor for you." أَفَلاَ تَعْقِلُونَ ( Will you not then understand ) means, will you not understand this blessing, and accept it This is like the Ayah: وَإِنَّهُ لَذِكْرٌ لَّكَ وَلِقَوْمِكَ وَسَوْفَ تُسْـَلُونَ ( And verily, this is indeed a Reminder for you and your people, and you will be questioned. ) 43:44 How the Evildoers were destroyed وَكَمْ قَصَمْنَا مِن قَرْيَةٍ كَانَتْ ظَـلِمَةً ( How many a town given to wrongdoing, have We destroyed, ) meaning, they were very many.
This is like the Ayah: وَكَمْ أَهْلَكْنَا مِنَ الْقُرُونِ مِن بَعْدِ نُوحٍ ( And how many generations have We destroyed after Nuh! ) 17:17 فَكَأَيِّن مِّن قَرْيَةٍ أَهْلَكْنَـهَا وَهِىَ ظَالِمَةٌ فَهِىَ خَاوِيَةٌ عَلَى عُرُوشِهَا ( And many a township did We destroy while they were given to wrongdoing, so that it lie in ruins ) 22:45. وَأَنشَأْنَا بَعْدَهَا قَوْماً ءَاخَرِينَ ( and raised up after them another people! ) means, another nation which came after them. فَلَمَّآ أَحَسُّواْ بَأْسَنَآ ( Then, when they sensed Our torment, ) when they realized that the torment would undoubtedly come upon them, just as their Prophet had warned them, إِذَا هُمْ مِّنْهَا يَرْكُضُونَ ( behold, they (tried to ) flee from it.) they tried to run away. لاَ تَرْكُضُواْ وَارْجِعُواْ إِلَى مَآ أُتْرِفْتُمْ فِيهِ وَمَسَـكِنِكُمْ ( Flee not, but return to that wherein you lived a luxurious life, and to your homes, ) This is a way of ridiculing them.
It will be said to them by way of ridicule: "Do not run away from the coming torment; go back to the delights and luxuries and fine homes in which you were living." Qatadah said, "Mocking them." لَعَلَّكُمْ تُسْأَلُونَ ( in order that you may be questioned ) about whether you gave thanks for what you had. قَالُواْ يوَيْلَنَآ إِنَّا كُنَّا ظَـلِمِينَ ( They cried: "Woe to us! Certainly we have been wrong- doers." ) They will confess their sins when it will be of no benefit to them. فَمَا زَالَت تِلْكَ دَعْوَاهُمْ حَتَّى جَعَلْنَـهُمْ حَصِيداً خَـمِدِينَ ( And that cry of theirs ceased not, till We made them as a field that is reaped, extinct. ) meaning, "they will keep on saying that, admitting their wrong- doing, until We harvest them as it were, and their movements and voices come to a stop."

(21:10) O people, We have sent down to you a Book, which deals with matters concerning yourselves. What, do you not understand this? *12

We have certainly sent down to you meaning

*12) This is a comprehensive answer to the various objections which were being raised in desperation by the disbelievers of Makkah against the Qur'an and the Holy Prophet, as if to say:" What is there in this Book that you cannot understand? Why don't you consider it in the right spirit? There is nothing contradictory in it: it discusses you and your own problems and affairs of life; it describes your own nature, origtn and end; it discriminates between good and evil and presents high moral qualities which your own consciences endorse and confirm.
Why don't you, then, use your minds to understand this simple and easy thing? "
 

The Virtue of the Qur'an Here Allah points out the noble status of the Qur'an and urges them to recognize its worth: لَقَدْ أَنزَلْنَآ إِلَيْكُمْ كِتَـباً فِيهِ ذِكْرُكُمْ ( Indeed, We have sent down for you a Book in which there is Dhikrukum ).
Ibn `Abbas said: "Honor for you." أَفَلاَ تَعْقِلُونَ ( Will you not then understand ) means, will you not understand this blessing, and accept it This is like the Ayah: وَإِنَّهُ لَذِكْرٌ لَّكَ وَلِقَوْمِكَ وَسَوْفَ تُسْـَلُونَ ( And verily, this is indeed a Reminder for you and your people, and you will be questioned. ) 43:44 How the Evildoers were destroyed وَكَمْ قَصَمْنَا مِن قَرْيَةٍ كَانَتْ ظَـلِمَةً ( How many a town given to wrongdoing, have We destroyed, ) meaning, they were very many.
This is like the Ayah: وَكَمْ أَهْلَكْنَا مِنَ الْقُرُونِ مِن بَعْدِ نُوحٍ ( And how many generations have We destroyed after Nuh! ) 17:17 فَكَأَيِّن مِّن قَرْيَةٍ أَهْلَكْنَـهَا وَهِىَ ظَالِمَةٌ فَهِىَ خَاوِيَةٌ عَلَى عُرُوشِهَا ( And many a township did We destroy while they were given to wrongdoing, so that it lie in ruins ) 22:45. وَأَنشَأْنَا بَعْدَهَا قَوْماً ءَاخَرِينَ ( and raised up after them another people! ) means, another nation which came after them. فَلَمَّآ أَحَسُّواْ بَأْسَنَآ ( Then, when they sensed Our torment, ) when they realized that the torment would undoubtedly come upon them, just as their Prophet had warned them, إِذَا هُمْ مِّنْهَا يَرْكُضُونَ ( behold, they (tried to ) flee from it.) they tried to run away. لاَ تَرْكُضُواْ وَارْجِعُواْ إِلَى مَآ أُتْرِفْتُمْ فِيهِ وَمَسَـكِنِكُمْ ( Flee not, but return to that wherein you lived a luxurious life, and to your homes, ) This is a way of ridiculing them.
It will be said to them by way of ridicule: "Do not run away from the coming torment; go back to the delights and luxuries and fine homes in which you were living." Qatadah said, "Mocking them." لَعَلَّكُمْ تُسْأَلُونَ ( in order that you may be questioned ) about whether you gave thanks for what you had. قَالُواْ يوَيْلَنَآ إِنَّا كُنَّا ظَـلِمِينَ ( They cried: "Woe to us! Certainly we have been wrong- doers." ) They will confess their sins when it will be of no benefit to them. فَمَا زَالَت تِلْكَ دَعْوَاهُمْ حَتَّى جَعَلْنَـهُمْ حَصِيداً خَـمِدِينَ ( And that cry of theirs ceased not, till We made them as a field that is reaped, extinct. ) meaning, "they will keep on saying that, admitting their wrong- doing, until We harvest them as it were, and their movements and voices come to a stop."

( Now We have revealed unto you ) unto your Prophet ( a Scripture ) We sent Gabriel with a Scripture ( wherein is your Reminder ) wherein lies your eminence and dignity if you believe in it. ( Have ye then no sense ) do you not believe then in your eminence and dignity?

Indeed, We have sent down for you (O mankind) a Book, (the Quran) in which there is Dhikrukum, (your Reminder or an honour for you i.e. honour for the one who follows the teaching of the Quran and acts on its orders). Will you not then understand?

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