Ya-Sin 36:15
Ya Sin · Meccan · Juz 22 · Page 441
“You Are Like Us”
قَالُواْ مَآ أَنتُمۡ إِلَّا بَشَرࣱ مِّثۡلُنَا وَمَآ أَنزَلَ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنُ مِن شَيۡءٍ إِنۡ أَنتُمۡ إِلَّا تَكۡذِبُونَ ١٥
They said: Ye are but mortals like unto us. The Beneficent hath naught revealed. Ye do but lie.
Translation: Marmaduke Pickthall
Meaning
The townspeople said: “You are only human like us; the Most Merciful has sent down nothing; you are only lying.”
Insight
According to Elmalılı, these people did not deny Allah; what they denied was that a human could be a prophet, and revelation itself.
Reflect
Try judging a statement by its truth, not by who says it.
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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