وَمَا
مِن
دَآبَّةٖ
فِي
ٱلۡأَرۡضِ
وَلَا
طَٰٓئِرٖ
يَطِيرُ
بِجَنَاحَيۡهِ
إِلَّآ
أُمَمٌ
أَمۡثَالُكُمۚ
مَّا
فَرَّطۡنَا
فِي
ٱلۡكِتَٰبِ
مِن
شَيۡءٖۚ
ثُمَّ
إِلَىٰ
رَبِّهِمۡ
يُحۡشَرُونَ
٣٨
All living beings roaming the earth and winged birds soaring in the sky are communities like yourselves.1 We have left nothing out of the Record.2 Then to their Lord they will be gathered all together.
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran
And there is no creature on [or within] the earth or bird that flies with its wings except [that they are] communities like you. We have not neglected in the Register1 a thing. Then unto their Lord they will be gathered.
— Saheeh International
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Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
The Idolators Ask for a Miracle
Allah states that the idolators used to proclaim, "Why does not (Muhammad) bring an Ayah from his Lord," meaning, a miracle of their choice! They would sometimes say,
لَن نُّؤْمِنَ لَكَ حَتَّى تَفْجُرَ لَنَا مِنَ الاٌّرْضِ يَنْبُوعًا
("We shall not believe in you, until
…The Idolators Ask for a Miracle
Allah states that the idolators used to proclaim, "Why does not (Muhammad) bring an Ayah from his Lord," meaning, a mir
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