Al-Qamar 54:43
The Moon · Meccan · Juz 27 · Page 530
Your Disbelievers
أَكُفَّارُكُمۡ خَيۡرࣱ مِّنۡ أُوْلَـٰٓئِكُمۡ أَمۡ لَكُم بَرَآءَةࣱ فِي ٱلزُّبُرِ ٤٣
Are your disbelievers better than those, or have ye some immunity in the scriptures.
Translation: Marmaduke Pickthall
Meaning
Are your disbelievers better than those?
Insight
According to Elmalılı, the address is to the people of Mecca, and through them to the Arabs and the people of the last age: are your disbelievers any better than those?
Reflect
Don’t think yourself safe; learn from the past.
This short note is based on Elmalılı Hamdi Yazır’s Turkish commentary and has not yet been reviewed by a scholar.
Elmalılı’s commentary
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