Ar-Ra’d 13:38 ولقد ارسلنا رسلا من قبلك وجعلنا لهم ازواجا وذرية وما كان لرسول ان ياتي باية الا باذن الله لكل اجل كتاب ٣٨
وَلَقَدۡ
أَرۡسَلۡنَا
رُسُلٗا
مِّن
قَبۡلِكَ
وَجَعَلۡنَا
لَهُمۡ
أَزۡوَٰجٗا
وَذُرِّيَّةٗۚ
وَمَا
كَانَ
لِرَسُولٍ
أَن
يَأۡتِيَ
بِـَٔايَةٍ
إِلَّا
بِإِذۡنِ
ٱللَّهِۗ
لِكُلِّ
أَجَلٖ
كِتَابٞ
٣٨
We have certainly sent messengers before you ˹O Prophet˺ and blessed them with wives and offspring. It was not for any messenger to bring a sign without Allah’s permission. Every destined matter has a ˹set˺ time.
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran
And We have already sent messengers before you and assigned to them wives and descendants. And it was not for a messenger to come with a sign except by permission of Allāh. For every term is a decree.
— Saheeh International
Lee Tafsir
Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
All Prophets and Messengers were Humans
Allah says, `Just as We have sent you O Muhammad, a Prophet and a human, We sent the Messengers before you from among mankind, that eat food, walk in the markets, and We gave them wives and offspring.' Allah said to the most honorable and Final Messenger,
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…All Prophets and Messengers were Humans
Allah says, `Just as We have sent you O Muhammad, a Prophet and a human, We sent the Messengers before you from
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