وَإِذَا
لَمۡ
تَأۡتِهِم
بِـَٔايَةٖ
قَالُواْ
لَوۡلَا
ٱجۡتَبَيۡتَهَاۚ
قُلۡ
إِنَّمَآ
أَتَّبِعُ
مَا
يُوحَىٰٓ
إِلَيَّ
مِن
رَّبِّيۚ
هَٰذَا
بَصَآئِرُ
مِن
رَّبِّكُمۡ
وَهُدٗى
وَرَحۡمَةٞ
لِّقَوۡمٖ
يُؤۡمِنُونَ
٢٠٣
If you ˹O Prophet˺ do not bring them a sign ˹which they demanded˺, they ask, “Why do you not make it yourself?” Say, “I only follow what is revealed to me from my Lord. This ˹Quran˺ is an insight from your Lord—a guide and a mercy for those who believe.”
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Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
Idolators ask to witness Miracles
`Ali bin Abi Talhah reported that Ibn `Abbas commented on Allah's statement,
قَالُواْ لَوْلاَ اجْتَبَيْتَهَا
(they say, "Why have you not brought it") "They say, `Why have you not received a miracle"', or, "Why have you not initiated or made it" Ibn Jarir reported tha
…Idolators ask to witness Miracles
`Ali bin Abi Talhah reported that Ibn `Abbas commented on Allah's statement,
قَالُواْ لَوْلاَ اجْتَبَيْتَهَا
(they say
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