Surah Ghafir ayat 63 Tafsir Quran 40:63

﴿كَذَٰلِكَ يُؤْفَكُ الَّذِينَ كَانُوا بِآيَاتِ اللَّهِ يَجْحَدُونَ﴾
[ غافر: 63]

40:63 Thus were those [before you] deluded who were rejecting the signs of Allah.

So deviate that is in the same way that these Meccans deviate deviate those who used to deny the signs of God His miracles.

Thus in like manner were deluded those who came before you, who refused to acknowledge Our Revelations and Authority; they befooled their minds and their judgement of the truth so as to cause what is false to be accepted as true

(40:63) Thus it is only those who had denied Allah's Signs that were led astray. *88

Thus were those [before you] deluded who meaning

*88) That is, " In every age the common people have been deluded by the misguides only because the people did not believe in the Revelations that Allah sent down through His Messengers to make them understand the Truth.
Consequently; they were trapped by the selfish, dishonest people, who had set up shrines of false gods as a business.
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( Thus are they perverted ) lie against Allah ( who deny the revelations of Allah ) who disbelieve in Muhammad ( pbuh ) and in the Qur’an.

Thus were turned away those who used to deny the Ayat (proofs, evidences, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.) of Allah.

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