قُلۡ
مَن
يَكۡلَؤُكُم
بِٱلَّيۡلِ
وَٱلنَّهَارِ
مِنَ
ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِۚ
بَلۡ
هُمۡ
عَن
ذِكۡرِ
رَبِّهِم
مُّعۡرِضُونَ
٤٢
Ask ˹them, O Prophet,˺ “Who can defend you by day or by night against the Most Compassionate?” Still they turn away from the remembrance of their Lord.
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran
Say, "Who can protect you at night or by day from the Most Merciful?" But they are, from the remembrance of their Lord, turning away.
— Saheeh International
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Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
The Lessons to be learned from Those Who mocked the Messengers in the Past
Allah says consoling His Messenger for the pain and insult caused by the mockery and disbelief of the idolators,
وَلَقَدِ اسْتُهْزِىءَ بِرُسُلٍ مِّن قَبْلِكَ فَحَاقَ بِالَّذِينَ سَخِرُواْ مِنْهُمْ مَّا كَانُواْ بِهِ يَسْتَهْزِء
…The Lessons to be learned from Those Who mocked the Messengers in the Past
Allah says consoling His Messenger for the pain and insult caused by the moc
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