Surah An-Nahl 16:103 — translation and meaning

النحل · Verse 103 / 128 · Page 279

ۗ وَلَقَدْ نَعْلَمُ أَنَّهُمْ يَقُولُونَ إِنَّمَا يُعَلِّمُهُ بَشَرٌ لِّسَانُ الَّذِي يُلْحِدُونَ إِلَيْهِ أَعْجَمِيٌّ وَهَذَا لِسَانٌ عَرَبِيٌّ مُّبِينٌ

Word by Word

ۗ
وَلَقَدْ
walaqad
And certainly
نَعْلَمُ
na'lamu
We know
أَنَّهُمْ
annahum
that they
يَقُولُونَ
yaquluna
say
إِنَّمَا
innama
Only
يُعَلِّمُهُ
yu'allimuhu
teaches him
بَشَرٌ
basharun
a human being
لِّسَانُ
lisanu
(The) tongue
الَّذِي
alladhi
(of) the one
يُلْحِدُونَ
yul'hiduna
they refer
إِلَيْهِ
ilayhi
to him
أَعْجَمِيٌّ
a'jamiyyun
(is) foreign
وَهَذَا
wahadha
while this
لِسَانٌ
lisanun
(is) a language
عَرَبِيٌّ
arabiyyun
Arabic
مُّبِينٌ
mubinun
clear

Transliteration

Wa laqad na'lamu annahum yaqooloona innamaa yu'allimuhoo bashar; lisaanul lazee yulhidoona ilaihi a'ja miyyunw wa haaza lisaanun 'Arabiyyum mubeen

Translation

And We certainly know that they say, "It is only a human being who teaches the Prophet." The tongue of the one they refer to is foreign, and this Qur'an is [in] a clear Arabic language.

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

I know very well that the idolaters say: It is a human being who is teaching Muhammad (peace be upon him). They are lying in this claim of theirs. The language of the person whom they assume is teaching him is non-Arabic, whereas this Qur’ān has been revealed in the clear and highly eloquent Arabic language. How then do they claim that he received it from a non-Arab?!

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

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