وَإِذَا
لَمۡ
تَأۡتِهِم
بِـَٔايَةٖ
قَالُواْ
لَوۡلَا
ٱجۡتَبَيۡتَهَاۚ
قُلۡ
إِنَّمَآ
أَتَّبِعُ
مَا
يُوحَىٰٓ
إِلَيَّ
مِن
رَّبِّيۚ
هَٰذَا
بَصَآئِرُ
مِن
رَّبِّكُمۡ
وَهُدٗى
وَرَحۡمَةٞ
لِّقَوۡمٖ
يُؤۡمِنُونَ
٢٠٣
Lexo Tefsirin
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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