قُلْ أَرَءَيْتُمْ إِن كَانَ مِنْ عِندِ ٱللَّهِ ثُمَّ كَفَرْتُم بِهِۦ مَنْ أَضَلُّ مِمَّنْ هُوَ فِى شِقَاقٍۭ بَعِيدٍۢ
Qul araiaitum in kaana min 'indil laahi summa kafar tum bihee man adallu mimman huwa fee shiqaqim ba'eed
Say, "Have you considered: if the Qur'an is from Allah and you disbelieved in it, who would be more astray than one who is in extreme dissension?"
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41:52Ayah 154
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Scholars offer complementary perspectives
Say ‘Consider this if it the Qur’ān is from God as the Prophet says and you disbelieve in it who — in other words none — will be further astray than one who is in extreme defiance?’ of the truth this third person singular address is used instead of ‘who will be further astray than you’ in order to point out their status as disbelievers.
Related Hadiths
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: Controverting about the Qur'an is disbelief.
" It would be said to him: You have told a lie; what had been demanded from you was quite easier than this (the belief in the Oneness of Allah)."
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "If a man says to his brother, O Kafir
(disbeliever)!' Then surely one of them is such (i.e., a Kafir). "
that he considered it recommended for the two Rak'ah of Tawaf to recite: Say: "O you disbelievers!" and: Say: "He is Allah, (the) One."
Ibn `Abbas said, "How can you ask the people of the Scriptures about their Books while you have
Allah's Book (the Qur'an) which is the most recent of the Books revealed by Allah, and you read it in
its pure undistorted form?"
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