وَقَالَ
ٱلَّذِينَ
كَفَرُواْ
لَوۡلَا
نُزِّلَ
عَلَيۡهِ
ٱلۡقُرۡءَانُ
جُمۡلَةٗ
وَٰحِدَةٗۚ
كَذَٰلِكَ
لِنُثَبِّتَ
بِهِۦ
فُؤَادَكَۖ
وَرَتَّلۡنَٰهُ
تَرۡتِيلٗا
٣٢
And those who disbelieve say: Why is the Qur'an not revealed unto him all at once? (It is revealed) thus that We may strengthen thy heart therewith; and We have arranged it in right order.
— M. Pickthall
And those who disbelieve say, "Why was the Qur’ān not revealed to him all at once?" Thus [it is] that We may strengthen thereby your heart. And We have spaced it distinctly.1
— Saheeh International
Those who reject Faith say: "Why is not the Qur'an revealed to him all at once? Thus (is it revealed), that We may strengthen thy heart thereby, and We have rehearsed it to thee in slow, well-arranged stages, gradually.
— A. Yusuf Ali
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Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
The Reason why the Qur'an was revealed in Stages, the Refutation of the Disbelievers, and their Evil
Allah tells us about the many objections raised by the disbelievers, their stubbornness, and how they spoke of things which were none of their concern. They said:
لَوْلاَ نُزِّلَ عَلَيْهِ الْقُرْءَانُ
…The Reason why the Qur'an was revealed in Stages, the Refutation of the Disbelievers, and their Evil
Allah tells us about the many objections raised by
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