So if you are in doubt, [O Muḥammad], about that which We have revealed to you, then ask those who have been reading the Scripture before you. The truth has certainly come to you from your Lord, so never be among the doubters.(94)
Surah Yunus, Ayah 94 (10:94)
يُونُس
فَإِن كُنتَ فِى شَكٍّ مِّمَّآ أَنزَلْنَآ إِلَيْكَ فَسَْٔلِ ٱلَّذِينَ يَقْرَءُونَ ٱلْكِتَٰبَ مِن قَبْلِكَ …
Quran 10:94 is ayah 94 of Surah Yunus (“Jonah”), a Meccan surah of 109 ayahs. It is in Juz 11, on page 219 of the Madani Mushaf.
- Juz 11
- Hizb 22
- Page 219
- Ruku 10
- Revealed Mecca
Word by word
- فَإِنfa-inSo if
- كُنتَkuntayou are
- فِىfīin
- شَكٍّshakkindoubt
- مِّمَّآmimmāof what
- أَنزَلْنَآanzalnāWe have revealed
- إِلَيْكَilaykato you
- فَسَْٔلِfasalithen ask
- ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
- يَقْرَءُونَyaqraūna(have been) reading
- ٱلْكِتَٰبَl-kitābathe Book
- مِنminbefore you
- قَبْلِكَ ۚqablikabefore you
- لَقَدْlaqadVerily
- جَآءَكَjāakahas come to you
- ٱلْحَقُّl-ḥaquthe truth
- مِنminfrom
- رَّبِّكَrabbikayour Lord
- فَلَاfalāso (do) not
- تَكُونَنَّtakūnannabe
- مِنَminaamong
- ٱلْمُمْتَرِينَl-mum'tarīnathe doubters
Tafsir (commentary) of 10:94
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Allah said:
(Those who follow the Messenger, the Prophet who can neither read nor write whom they find written of with them in the Tawrah and the Injil.)(7:157) They are as certain of this as they are about who their children are, yet they hide it and distort it. They did not believe in it despite its clear evidence. Therefore Allah said:
(Truly, those, against whom the Word (wrath) of your Lord has been justified, will not believe. Even if every sign should come to them, until they see the painful torment.) meaning they would not believe in a way that they might benefit from that belief. This is when they believe at a time one may not be able to benefit from his belief. An example is when Musa prayed against Fir`awn and his chiefs, saying:
(Our Lord! Destroy their wealth, and harden their hearts, so that they will not believe until they see the painful torment.)(10:88) And Allah said:
(And even if We had sent down unto them angels, and the dead had spoken unto them, and We had gathered together all things before their very eyes, they would not have believed, unless Allah willed, but most of them behave ignorantly.) (6:111) Allah then said: