Tafsir Al-Jalalayn: At-Tawba, Ayah 65

At-Tawba · Ayah 65 · View Ayah
وَلَئِن سَأَلْتَهُمْ لَيَقُولُنَّ إِنَّمَا كُنَّا نَخُوضُ وَنَلْعَبُ ۚ قُلْ أَبِٱللَّهِ وَءَايَٰتِهِۦ وَرَسُولِهِۦ كُنتُمْ تَسْتَهْزِءُونَ
And if you ask them, they will surely say, "We were only conversing and playing." Say, "Is it Allah and His verses and His Messenger that you were mocking?"

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Al-Jalalayn Commentary

And if la-in the lām is for oaths you question them about their mockery of you and of the Qur’ān while they were journeying with you towards Tabūk assuredly they will say making excuses ‘We were only engaging in idle talk and jesting’ in conversation in order to pass the time of the road and we did not mean it. Say to them ‘Were you then mocking God and His signs and His Messenger?

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(And if thou ask them) O Muhammad, about what they are laughing about (they will say: We did but talk) about the troop (and jest) and joke with each other. (Say) to them, O Muhammad: (was it at Allah and His revelations) the Qur'an (and His Messenger that ye did scoff?)

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