وَأَنَّهُمْ ظَنُّوا۟ كَمَا ظَنَنتُمْ أَن لَّن يَبْعَثَ ٱللَّهُ أَحَدًۭا
Wa annahum zannoo kamaa zanantum al lany yab'asal laahu ahadaa
And they had thought, as you thought, that Allah would never send anyone [as a messenger].
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72:7Ayah 128
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← Previous on The Quran & revelation72:2It guides to the right course, and we have believed in it. And we will never associate with our Lord anyone.Next on The Quran & revelation →72:13And when we heard the guidance, we believed in it. And whoever believes in his Lord will not fear deprivation or burden.
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And they namely the jinn thought just as you O humans thought that an softened in place of the hardened form that is to say annahu God would never raise anyone after his death.
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I came in the deputation of Banu al-Muntafiq to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). He then narrated the rest of the tradition. The Prophet (ﷺ) said: la tahsibanna (do not think) and did not say: la tahsabanna (do not think).
"None of them used to resemble the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) more than Al-Hasan bin 'Ali."
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