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Surah Al-Kahf, Verse 56

سورة الكهف، الآية ٥٦

18:56 Juz 15 Hizb 30 Page 300 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 18:56

وَمَا نُرْسِلُ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ إِلَّا مُبَشِّرِينَ وَمُنذِرِينَ وَيُجَٰدِلُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ بِٱلْبَٰطِلِ لِيُدْحِضُوا۟ بِهِ ٱلْحَقَّ وَٱتَّخَذُوٓا۟ ءَايَٰتِى وَمَآ أُنذِرُوا۟ هُزُوًا ۝٥٦

Transliteration

wamā nur'silu l-mur'salīna illā mubashirīna wamundhirīna wayujādilu alladhīna kafarū bil-bāṭili liyud'ḥiḍū bihi l-ḥaqa wa-ittakhadhū āyātī wamā undhirū huzuwan

Translation

And We send not the messengers except as bringers of good tidings and warners. And those who disbelieve dispute by [using] falsehood to [attempt to] invalidate thereby the truth and have taken My verses, and that of which they are warned, in ridicule.

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Tafsir of verse 56

Al-Mukhtasar

I do not send any of Our Messengers except to give good news to the people of faith and obedience and to warn the people of disbelief and disobedience. They do not have the authority to make hearts accept the guidance. Those who disbelieved in Allah dispute with the Messengers despite their having clear proof, in an attempt to use their falsehood to remove the truth that was sent down to Muhammad (peace be upon him). They made the Qur’ān and what they were warned of a joke and mockery.

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Other translations of verse 56

We do not send the messengers except as bearers of glad tidings and warners. But those who disbelieve seek to undermine the truth with false arguments, and they take My verses and warnings in ridicule.

And We send not the Messengers except as givers of glad tidings and warners. But those who disbelieve, dispute with false argument, in order to refute the truth thereby. And they treat My Ayât (proofs, evidence, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.), and that with which they are warned, as a jest and mockery!

We send not the messengers save as bearers of good news and warners. Those who disbelieve contend with falsehood in order to refute the Truth thereby. And they take Our revelations and that wherewith they are threatened as a jest.

We only send the messengers to give Glad Tidings and to give warnings: But the unbelievers dispute with vain argument, in order therewith to weaken the truth, and they treat My Signs as a jest, as also the fact that they are warned!

And We do not send messengers but as givers of good news and warning, and those who disbelieve make a false contention that they may render null thereby the truth, and they take My communications and that with which they are warned for a mockery.

And in no way do We send the Emissaries except as constant bearers of good tidings and constant warners; and the ones who have disbelieved dispute with untruth that they may rebut thereby the Truth. And they have taken to themselves My signs and what they are warned of in mockery.

Verse 56 word by word

  1. وَمَا wamā And not
  2. نُرْسِلُ nur'silu We send ر س ل
  3. ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ l-mur'salīna the Messengers ر س ل
  4. إِلَّا illā except
  5. مُبَشِّرِينَ mubashirīna (as) bearers of glad tidings ب ش ر
  6. وَمُنذِرِينَ wamundhirīna and (as) warners ن ذ ر
  7. وَيُجَٰدِلُ wayujādilu And dispute ج د ل
  8. ٱلَّذِينَ alladhīna those who
  9. كَفَرُوا۟ kafarū disbelieve ك ف ر
  10. بِٱلْبَٰطِلِ bil-bāṭili with falsehood ب ط ل
  11. لِيُدْحِضُوا۟ liyud'ḥiḍū to refute د ح ض
  12. بِهِ bihi thereby
  13. ٱلْحَقَّ l-ḥaqa the truth ح ق ق
  14. وَٱتَّخَذُوٓا۟ wa-ittakhadhū And they take أ خ ذ
  15. ءَايَٰتِى āyātī My Verses أ ي ي
  16. وَمَآ wamā and what
  17. أُنذِرُوا۟ undhirū they are warned ن ذ ر
  18. هُزُوًا huzuwan (in) ridicule ه ز أ

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  • Al-An’am 6:48

    وَمَا نُرْسِلُ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ إِلَّا مُبَشِّرِينَ وَمُنذِرِينَ فَمَنْ ءَامَنَ وَأَصْلَحَ فَلَا خَوْفٌ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا هُمْ يَحْزَنُونَ

    And We send not the messengers except as bringers of good tidings and warners. So whoever believes and reforms - there will be no fear concerning them, nor will they grieve.

  • Ghafir 40:5

    كَذَّبَتْ قَبْلَهُمْ قَوْمُ نُوحٍ وَٱلْأَحْزَابُ مِنۢ بَعْدِهِمْ وَهَمَّتْ كُلُّ أُمَّةٍۭ بِرَسُولِهِمْ لِيَأْخُذُوهُ وَجَٰدَلُوا۟ بِٱلْبَٰطِلِ لِيُدْحِضُوا۟ بِهِ ٱلْحَقَّ فَأَخَذْتُهُمْ فَكَيْفَ كَانَ عِقَابِ

    The people of Noah denied before them and the [disbelieving] factions after them, and every nation intended [a plot] for their messenger to seize him, and they disputed by [using] falsehood to [attempt to] invalidate thereby the truth. So I seized them, and how [terrible] was My penalty.

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