Al-Mu'minun 23:81 بل قالوا مثل ما قال الاولون ٨١
بَلۡ
قَالُواْ
مِثۡلَ
مَا
قَالَ
ٱلۡأَوَّلُونَ
٨١
Ahubwo rero, abagarariji ntibigeze bemera izurwa ry’ibiremwa inyuma yo gupfa, ahubwo barinamuye mu gusubiramwo kuvuga nk’ivyavuzwe n’ab’aho hambere;
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Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
وَلَقَدْ أَخَذْنَهُمْ بِالْعَذَابِ
(And indeed We seized them with punishment,) means, `We tried and tested them with difficulties and calamities.' His saying:
فَمَا اسْتَكَانُواْ لِرَبِّهِمْ وَمَا يَتَضَرَّعُونَ
(but they humbled not themselves to their Lord, nor did they invoke with submission to Him
…وَلَقَدْ أَخَذْنَهُمْ بِالْعَذَابِ
(And indeed We seized them with punishment,) means, `We tried and tested them with difficulties and calamities.' His
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