Fatir 35:42
Originator · Meccan · Juz 22 · Page 439
They Broke Their Oaths
وَأَقۡسَمُواْ بِٱللَّهِ جَهۡدَ أَيۡمَٰنِهِمۡ لَئِن جَآءَهُمۡ نَذِيرࣱ لَّيَكُونُنَّ أَهۡدَىٰ مِنۡ إِحۡدَى ٱلۡأُمَمِۖ فَلَمَّا جَآءَهُمۡ نَذِيرࣱ مَّا زَادَهُمۡ إِلَّا نُفُورًا ٤٢
And they swore by Allah, their most binding oath, that if a warner came unto them they would be more tractable than any of the nations; yet, when a warner came unto them it aroused in them naught save repugnance.
Translation: Marmaduke Pickthall
Meaning
They swore that if a warner came they would be better guided; but when one came, it increased them only in aversion.
Insight
According to Elmalılı, Quraysh, hearing that the People of the Book denied their prophets, said: “If a messenger came to us, we would surely be better guided than them.”
Reflect
Keep the promises you make.
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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