Surah Al-Kahf 18:56 — translation and meaning

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ۖ ۚ وَمَا نُرْسِلُ الْمُرْسَلِينَ إِلَّا مُبَشِّرِينَ وَمُنذِرِينَ وَيُجَادِلُ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا بِالْبَاطِلِ لِيُدْحِضُوا بِهِ الْحَقَّ وَاتَّخَذُوا آيَاتِي وَمَا أُنذِرُوا هُزُوًا

Word by Word

ۖ
ۚ
وَمَا
wama
And not
نُرْسِلُ
nur'silu
We send
الْمُرْسَلِينَ
al-mur'salina
the Messengers
إِلَّا
illa
except
مُبَشِّرِينَ
mubashirina
(as) bearers of glad tidings
وَمُنذِرِينَ
wamundhirina
and (as) warners
وَيُجَادِلُ
wayujadilu
And dispute
الَّذِينَ
alladhina
those who
كَفَرُوا
kafaru
disbelieve
بِالْبَاطِلِ
bil-batili
with falsehood
لِيُدْحِضُوا
liyud'hidu
to refute
بِهِ
bihi
thereby
الْحَقَّ
al-haqa
the truth
وَاتَّخَذُوا
wa-ittakhadhu
And they take
آيَاتِي
ayati
My Verses
وَمَا
wama
and what
أُنذِرُوا
undhiru
they are warned
هُزُوًا
huzuwan
(in) ridicule

Transliteration

Wa maa nursilul mursaleena illaa mubashshireena wa munzireen; wa yujaadilul lazeena kafaroo bilbaatili liyudhidoo bihil haqqa wattakhazooo Aayaatee wa maaa unziroo huzuwaa

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.

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

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.

Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.

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"And We send not the messengers except as bringers of good tiding…" — Al-Kahf 18:56