Ash-Shu’ara 26:199
The Poets · Meccan · Juz 19 · Page 375
Still They Would Not Believe
فَقَرَأَهُۥ عَلَيۡهِم مَّا كَانُواْ بِهِۦ مُؤۡمِنِينَ ١٩٩
And he had read it unto them, they would not have believed in it.
Translation: Marmaduke Pickthall
Meaning
Had We revealed it to a non-Arab and he recited it to them, they would not have believed.
Insight
According to Elmalılı, this would have been a second miracle, yet they would say “he knew Arabic after all.”
Reflect
Don’t look for excuses not to believe.
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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