Surah Qaf 50:2 — translation and meaning
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بَلْ عَجِبُوا أَن جَاءَهُم مُّنذِرٌ مِّنْهُمْ فَقَالَ الْكَافِرُونَ هَذَا شَيْءٌ عَجِيبٌ
Word by Word
بَلْ
bal
Nay
عَجِبُوا
ajibu
they wonder
أَن
an
that
جَاءَهُم
jaahum
has come to them
مُّنذِرٌ
mundhirun
a warner
مِّنْهُمْ
min'hum
from them
فَقَالَ
faqala
So say
الْكَافِرُونَ
al-kafiruna
the disbelievers
هَذَا
hadha
This
شَيْءٌ
shayon
(is) a thing
عَجِيبٌ
ajibun
amazing
Transliteration
Bal 'ajibooo an jaa'ahum munzirum minhum faqaalal kaafiroona haazaa shai'un 'ajeeb
Translation
But they wonder that there has come to them a warner from among themselves, and the disbelievers say, "This is an amazing thing.
Verse interpretation (Tafsir)
The cause of their rejection was not that they expected you to lie, because they know your honesty. Rather, they are amazed that a warning messenger came to them from their own species, not from the angels. They say, in amazement, “A human messenger coming to us is a strange thing!”
Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.
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