Al-Ahqaf 46:11 وقال الذين كفروا للذين امنوا لو كان خيرا ما سبقونا اليه واذ لم يهتدوا به فسيقولون هاذا افك قديم ١١
وَقَالَ
ٱلَّذِينَ
كَفَرُواْ
لِلَّذِينَ
ءَامَنُواْ
لَوۡ
كَانَ
خَيۡرٗا
مَّا
سَبَقُونَآ
إِلَيۡهِۚ
وَإِذۡ
لَمۡ
يَهۡتَدُواْ
بِهِۦ
فَسَيَقُولُونَ
هَٰذَآ
إِفۡكٞ
قَدِيمٞ
١١
And those who disbelieve say of those who believe, "If it had [truly] been good, they would not have preceded us to it." And when they are not guided by it, they will say, "This is an ancient falsehood."
— Saheeh International
The disbelievers say of the believers, “Had it been ˹something˺ good, they1 would not have beaten us to it.” Now since they reject its guidance, they will say, “˹This is˺ an ancient fabrication!”
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran
Soma Tafsir
Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
The Qur'an is Allah's True Speech and the Position of the Disbelievers and the Muslims towards it
Allah says,
قُلْ
(Say) meaning, `O Muhammad to these idolators who disbelieve in the Qur'an.'
أَرَءَيْتُمْ إِن كَانَ
(Tell me! If it was) meaning, this Qur'an.
مِنْ عِندِ اللَّهِ وَكَفَرْتُمْ بِهِ
(from Allah,
…The Qur'an is Allah's True Speech and the Position of the Disbelievers and the Muslims towards it
Allah says,
قُلْ
(Say) meaning, `O Muhammad to these id
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