Surah Az-Zukhruf 43:31 — translation and meaning
الزخرف · Verse 31 / 89 · Page 491
وَقَالُوا لَوْلَا نُزِّلَ هَذَا الْقُرْآنُ عَلَى رَجُلٍ مِّنَ الْقَرْيَتَيْنِ عَظِيمٍ
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وَقَالُوا
waqalu
And they say
لَوْلَا
lawla
Why not
نُزِّلَ
nuzzila
was sent down
هَذَا
hadha
this
الْقُرْآنُ
al-qur'anu
the Quran
عَلَى
ala
to
رَجُلٍ
rajulin
a man
مِّنَ
mina
from
الْقَرْيَتَيْنِ
al-qaryatayni
the two towns
عَظِيمٍ
azimin
great
Transliteration
Wa qaaloo law laa nuzzila haazal Quraanu 'alaa rajulim minal qaryataini 'azeem
Translation
And they said, "Why was this Qur'an not sent down upon a great man from [one of] the two cities?"
Verse interpretation (Tafsir)
The rejecting idolaters say, “Why did Allah not reveal this Qur’ān upon one of the two great men of Makkah or Taif: Al-Walīd ibn ‘Uqbah or ‘Urwah ibn Mas‘ūd Al-Thaqafī, instead of revealing it upon the poor, orphaned Muhammad?”
Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.
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