Ali ‘Imran 3:193
Family of Imran · Medinan · Juz 4 · Page 75
We Heard a Caller
رَّبَّنَآ إِنَّنَا سَمِعۡنَا مُنَادِيࣰا يُنَادِي لِلۡإِيمَٰنِ أَنۡ ءَامِنُواْ بِرَبِّكُمۡ فَـَٔامَنَّاۚ رَبَّنَا فَٱغۡفِرۡ لَنَا ذُنُوبَنَا وَكَفِّرۡ عَنَّا سَيِّـَٔاتِنَا وَتَوَفَّنَا مَعَ ٱلۡأَبۡرَارِ ١٩٣
Our Lord! Lo! we have heard a crier calling unto Faith: “Believe ye in your Lord!” So we believed. Our Lord! Therefor forgive us our sins, and remit from us our evil deeds, and make us die the death of the righteous.
Translation: Marmaduke Pickthall
Meaning
“Our Lord, we heard a caller calling to faith, ‘Believe in your Lord’, and we believed.”
Insight
According to Elmalılı, this caller is the Messenger of Allah or the Qur’an. Since the world was not created without wisdom, the call rang in their ears and consciences and took effect.
Reflect
Listen to the call of the Qur’an today.
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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