Surah Saba ayat 43 Tafsir Quran 34:43

﴿وَإِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِمْ آيَاتُنَا بَيِّنَاتٍ قَالُوا مَا هَٰذَا إِلَّا رَجُلٌ يُرِيدُ أَن يَصُدَّكُمْ عَمَّا كَانَ يَعْبُدُ آبَاؤُكُمْ وَقَالُوا مَا هَٰذَا إِلَّا إِفْكٌ مُّفْتَرًى ۚ وَقَالَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا لِلْحَقِّ لَمَّا جَاءَهُمْ إِنْ هَٰذَا إِلَّا سِحْرٌ مُّبِينٌ﴾
[ سبأ: 43]

34:43 And when our verses are recited to them as clear evidences, they say, "This is not but a man who wishes to avert you from that which your fathers were worshipping." And they say, "This is not except a lie invented." And those who disbelieve say of the truth when it has come to them, "This is not but obvious magic."

And when Our signs from the Qur’ān are recited to them being clear signs evident ones by the tongue of our Prophet Muhammad (s) they say ‘This is just a man who desires to bar you from worshipping what your fathers used to worship’ of idols. And they say ‘This Qur’ān is nothing but a calumny a lie that has been invented against God. And those who disbelieve say to the truth the Qur’ān when it comes to them ‘This is nothing but plain sorcery’. God exalted be He says

Yet when Our clear and lucid revelations are recited to them they proclaim: This man -Muhammad- is no more than someone who intends to stand in your way to make you deviate from the path your fathers had followed and to deny those deities they adored with appropriate acts and rites and they add This Quran is nothing but a pack of lies and a devised pious fraud And the infidels said when the truth when was presented to them: This is nothing but the work of magic and sorcery made manifest in him

The Saying of the Disbelievers about the Prophets, and its refutation Allah tells us that the disbeliever deserve to be severely punished by Him, because when His clear Verses were recited to them, and they heard them fresh from the lips of His Messenger , they said: قَالُواْ مَا هَـذَا إِلاَّ رَجُلٌ يُرِيدُ أَن يَصُدَّكُمْ عَمَّا كَانَ يَعْبُدُ ءَابَآؤُكُمْ ( They say: "This is naught but a man who wishes to hinder you from that which your fathers used to worship." ) meaning, that the religion of their fathers was the truth and that what the Messenger brought to them was false -- may the curse of Allah be upon them and their fathers! وَقَالُواْ مَا هَـذَآ إِلاَّ إِفْكٌ مُّفْتَرًى ( And they say: "This is nothing but an invented lie." ) referring to the Qur'an.
l وَقَالَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ لِلْحَقِّ لَمَّا جَآءَهُمْ إِنْ هَـذَآ إِلاَّ سِحْرٌ مُّبِينٌ ( And those who disbelieve say of the truth when it has come to them: "This is nothing but evident magic!" ) Allah says: وَمَآ ءَاتَيْنَـهُمْ مِّنْ كُتُبٍ يَدْرُسُونَهَا وَمَآ أَرْسَلْنَا إِلَيْهِمْ قَبْلَكَ مِّن نَّذِيرٍ ( And We had not given them Scriptures that they could study, nor sent to them before you any warner ) meaning, Allah did not reveal any Book to the Arabs before the Qur'an, and He did not send any Prophet to them before Muhammad ﷺ .
They used to wish for that and say, `if only a warner comes to us or a Book is revealed to us, we would be more guided than others,' but when Allah blessed them with that, they disbelieved him and stubbornly rejected him.
Then Allah says: وَكَذَّبَ الَّذِينَ مِن قَبلِهِمْ ( And those before them denied; ) meaning, other nations. وَمَا بَلَغُواْ مِعْشَارَ مَآ ءَاتَيْنَـهُمْ ( these have not received even a tenth of what We had granted to those (of old );) Ibn `Abbas, may Allah be pleased with him, said, "Of the power of this world." This was also the view of Qatadah, As-Suddi and Ibn Zayd.
This is like the Ayat: وَلَقَدْ مَكَّنَـهُمْ فِيمَآ إِن مَّكَّنَّـكُمْ فِيهِ وَجَعَلْنَا لَهُمْ سَمْعاً وَأَبْصَـراً وَأَفْئِدَةً فَمَآ أَغْنَى عَنْهُمْ سَمْعُهُمْ وَلاَ أَبْصَـرُهُمْ وَلاَ أَفْئِدَتُهُمْ مِّن شَىْءٍ إِذْ كَانُواْ يَجْحَدُونَ بِـَايَـتِ اللَّهِ وَحَاقَ بِهم مَّا كَانُواْ بِهِ يَسْتَهْزِءُونَ ( And indeed We had firmly established them with that wherewith We have not established you! And We had assigned them the hearing, seeing, and hearts; but their hearing, seeing, and their hearts availed them nothing since they used to deny the Ayat of Allah, and they were completely encircled by that which they used to mock at! ) ( 46: 26 ) أَفَلَمْ يَسِيرُواْ فِى الاٌّرْضِ فَيَنظُرُواْ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَـقِبَةُ الَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ كَانُواْ أَكْـثَرَ مِنْهُمْ وَأَشَدَّ قُوَّةً ( Have they not traveled through the earth and seen what was the end of those before them They were more in number than them and mightier in strength ) ( 40:82 ).
but that did not protect them from the punishment of Allah, and Allah destroyed them because they denied His Messengers.
Allah says: فَكَذَّبُواْ رُسُلِى فَكَيْفَ كَانَ نَكِيرِ ( yet they denied My Messengers.
Then how (terrible ) was My denial!) meaning, `how severe was My wrath and how great was My avenging of My Messengers.'

The Saying of the Disbelievers about the Prophets, and its refutation Allah tells us that the disbeliever deserve to be severely punished by Him, because when His clear Verses were recited to them, and they heard them fresh from the lips of His Messenger , they said: قَالُواْ مَا هَـذَا إِلاَّ رَجُلٌ يُرِيدُ أَن يَصُدَّكُمْ عَمَّا كَانَ يَعْبُدُ ءَابَآؤُكُمْ ( They say: "This is naught but a man who wishes to hinder you from that which your fathers used to worship." ) meaning, that the religion of their fathers was the truth and that what the Messenger brought to them was false -- may the curse of Allah be upon them and their fathers! وَقَالُواْ مَا هَـذَآ إِلاَّ إِفْكٌ مُّفْتَرًى ( And they say: "This is nothing but an invented lie." ) referring to the Qur'an.
l وَقَالَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ لِلْحَقِّ لَمَّا جَآءَهُمْ إِنْ هَـذَآ إِلاَّ سِحْرٌ مُّبِينٌ ( And those who disbelieve say of the truth when it has come to them: "This is nothing but evident magic!" ) Allah says: وَمَآ ءَاتَيْنَـهُمْ مِّنْ كُتُبٍ يَدْرُسُونَهَا وَمَآ أَرْسَلْنَا إِلَيْهِمْ قَبْلَكَ مِّن نَّذِيرٍ ( And We had not given them Scriptures that they could study, nor sent to them before you any warner ) meaning, Allah did not reveal any Book to the Arabs before the Qur'an, and He did not send any Prophet to them before Muhammad ﷺ .
They used to wish for that and say, `if only a warner comes to us or a Book is revealed to us, we would be more guided than others,' but when Allah blessed them with that, they disbelieved him and stubbornly rejected him.
Then Allah says: وَكَذَّبَ الَّذِينَ مِن قَبلِهِمْ ( And those before them denied; ) meaning, other nations. وَمَا بَلَغُواْ مِعْشَارَ مَآ ءَاتَيْنَـهُمْ ( these have not received even a tenth of what We had granted to those (of old );) Ibn `Abbas, may Allah be pleased with him, said, "Of the power of this world." This was also the view of Qatadah, As-Suddi and Ibn Zayd.
This is like the Ayat: وَلَقَدْ مَكَّنَـهُمْ فِيمَآ إِن مَّكَّنَّـكُمْ فِيهِ وَجَعَلْنَا لَهُمْ سَمْعاً وَأَبْصَـراً وَأَفْئِدَةً فَمَآ أَغْنَى عَنْهُمْ سَمْعُهُمْ وَلاَ أَبْصَـرُهُمْ وَلاَ أَفْئِدَتُهُمْ مِّن شَىْءٍ إِذْ كَانُواْ يَجْحَدُونَ بِـَايَـتِ اللَّهِ وَحَاقَ بِهم مَّا كَانُواْ بِهِ يَسْتَهْزِءُونَ ( And indeed We had firmly established them with that wherewith We have not established you! And We had assigned them the hearing, seeing, and hearts; but their hearing, seeing, and their hearts availed them nothing since they used to deny the Ayat of Allah, and they were completely encircled by that which they used to mock at! ) ( 46: 26 ) أَفَلَمْ يَسِيرُواْ فِى الاٌّرْضِ فَيَنظُرُواْ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَـقِبَةُ الَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ كَانُواْ أَكْـثَرَ مِنْهُمْ وَأَشَدَّ قُوَّةً ( Have they not traveled through the earth and seen what was the end of those before them They were more in number than them and mightier in strength ) ( 40:82 ).
but that did not protect them from the punishment of Allah, and Allah destroyed them because they denied His Messengers.
Allah says: فَكَذَّبُواْ رُسُلِى فَكَيْفَ كَانَ نَكِيرِ ( yet they denied My Messengers.
Then how (terrible ) was My denial!) meaning, `how severe was My wrath and how great was My avenging of My Messengers.'

( And if Our revelations ) the verses of the Qur’an ( are recited unto them ) unto the disbelievers of Mecca ( in plain terms ) expositing the lawful and the unlawful, ( they say: This ) i.e. Muhammad ( pbuh ) ( is naught else than a man who would turn you away ) bar you ( from what your fathers used to worship ) of idols; ( and they say: This ) what Muhammad ( pbuh ) say ( is naught else than an invented lie. Those who disbelieve ) the disbelievers of Mecca ( say of the Truth ) the Qur’an ( when it reacheth them ) when Muhammad ( pbuh ) brings it to them: ( This is naught else than mere magic ) this is nothing but a manifest lie.

And when Our Clear Verses are recited to them, they say: "This (Muhammad SAW) is naught but a man who wishes to hinder you from that which your fathers used to worship." And they say: "This is nothing but an invented lie." And those who disbelieve say of the truth when it has come to them (i.e. Prophet Muhammad SAW when Allah sent him as a Messenger with proofs, evidences, verses, lessons, signs, etc.): "This is nothing but evident magic!"

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