وَأَقۡسَمُواْ
بِٱللَّهِ
جَهۡدَ
أَيۡمَٰنِهِمۡ
لَئِن
جَآءَتۡهُمۡ
ءَايَةٞ
لَّيُؤۡمِنُنَّ
بِهَاۚ
قُلۡ
إِنَّمَا
ٱلۡأٓيَٰتُ
عِندَ
ٱللَّهِۖ
وَمَا
يُشۡعِرُكُمۡ
أَنَّهَآ
إِذَا
جَآءَتۡ
لَا
يُؤۡمِنُونَ
١٠٩
Wọ́n sì fi Allāhu búra tí ìbúra wọn sì lágbára gan-an pé, dájúdájú tí àmì (ìyanu) kan bá dé bá àwọn, àwọn gbọ́dọ̀ gbà á gbọ́. Sọ pé: “Ọ̀dọ̀ Allāhu nìkan ni àwọn àmì (ìyanu) wà.” Kí sì ni ó máa mu yín fura mọ̀ pé dájúdájú nígbà tí ó bá dé (bá wọn) wọn kò níí gbà á gbọ́?
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Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
Asking for Miracles and Swearing to Believe if They Come
Allah states that the idolators swore their strongest oaths by Allah,
لَئِن جَآءَتْهُمْ ءَايَةٌ
(that if there came to them a sign...) a miracle or phenomenon,
لَّيُؤْمِنُنَّ بِهَا
(they would surely believe therein.) affirming its truth,
قُلْ إِ
…Asking for Miracles and Swearing to Believe if They Come
Allah states that the idolators swore their strongest oaths by Allah,
لَئِن جَآءَتْهُمْ ءَايَة
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