وَلَآ
أَقُولُ
لَكُمۡ
عِندِي
خَزَآئِنُ
ٱللَّهِ
وَلَآ
أَعۡلَمُ
ٱلۡغَيۡبَ
وَلَآ
أَقُولُ
إِنِّي
مَلَكٞ
وَلَآ
أَقُولُ
لِلَّذِينَ
تَزۡدَرِيٓ
أَعۡيُنُكُمۡ
لَن
يُؤۡتِيَهُمُ
ٱللَّهُ
خَيۡرًاۖ
ٱللَّهُ
أَعۡلَمُ
بِمَا
فِيٓ
أَنفُسِهِمۡ
إِنِّيٓ
إِذٗا
لَّمِنَ
ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ
٣١
I do not say to you that I possess Allah’s treasuries or know the unseen, nor do I claim to be an angel, nor do I say that Allah will never grant goodness to those you look down upon. Allah knows best what is ˹hidden˺ within them. ˹If I did,˺ then I would truly be one of the wrongdoers.”
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran
And I do not tell you that I have the depositories [containing the provision] of Allāh or that I know the unseen, nor do I tell you that I am an angel, nor do I say of those upon whom your eyes look down that Allāh will never grant them any good. Allāh is most knowing of what is within their souls. Indeed, I would then be among the wrongdoers [i.e., the unjust]."
— Saheeh International
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Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
وَمَآ أَنَاْ بِطَارِدِ الَّذِينَ ءامَنُواْ
(I am not going to drive away those who have believed.) This alludes to the fact that they (the disbelievers) requested Nuh to disassociate himself from the believers, because they were averse to them and felt themselves too important to sit with them. This
…وَمَآ أَنَاْ بِطَارِدِ الَّذِينَ ءامَنُواْ
(I am not going to drive away those who have believed.) This alludes to the fact that they (the disbelievers
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