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Surah ar-Ra`d (The Thunder ) 13 : 7

وَيَقُولُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لَوْلَآ أُنزِلَ عَلَيْهِ ءَايَةٌ مِّن رَّبِّهِۦٓ ۗ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُنذِرٌ ۖ وَلِكُلِّ قَوْمٍ هَادٍ

Translations

 
 Muhsin Khan
 Pickthall
 Yusuf Ali
Quran Project
And those who disbelieved say, "Why has a sign not been sent down to him from his Lord?" You are only a warner, and for every people is a guide.

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Word Arabic word
(13:7:1)
wayaqūlu
And say
(13:7:2)
alladhīna
those who
(13:7:3)
kafarū
disbelieved
(13:7:4)
(13:7:5)
unzila
has been sent down
(13:7:6)
(13:7:7)
āyatun
a sign
(13:7:8)
(13:7:9)
rabbihi
his Lord
(13:7:10)
(13:7:11)
(13:7:12)
mundhirun
(are) a warner
(13:7:13)
walikulli
and for every
(13:7:14)
qawmin
people
(13:7:15)
hādin
(is) a guide

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Explanatory Note

This verse wonders at the people who are unable to see all the signs in the universe, each of which is a miracle on its own. They ask the Prophet for a miraculous sign. But what will they do with such a sign when the universe around them is full of signs pointing to the Creator.

They demand a miracle when miracles are neither of the Prophet’s own making nor part of his business. It is God who decides, in His wisdom, whether it is necessary. ‘But you are only a warner,’ who invites people to consider and reflect, warning them of the consequence of stubborn refusal to see the facts. This is the same task given to every messenger sent before him. God has sent these messengers to their peoples so that they might guide them to the right path. As for miraculous signs, these are God’s own affair.

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7. Period of Revelation

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The internal evidence (v. 27-31 and v. 34-48) shows that this Surah was revealed in the last stage of the Mission of the Prophet at Makkah and during the same period in which Surah 7: al-A’raf (The Elevations), Surah 10: Yunus (Jonah) and Surah 11: Hud (Hud) and were sent down.

On the one hand the Prophet’s opponents had been scheming different devices to defeat him and his Mission and on the other his followers had been expressing a desire that by showing a miracle the disbelievers might be brought to the Right Way. In answer, God impressed on the Believers that it is not His way to revert people by this method and that they should not lose heart if He is giving the enemies of the Truth a rope long enough to hang themselves. Otherwise, He is able to show such signs as may bring the dead out of their graves and make them speak (v. 31). But even then these obdurate people will invent an excuse to explain this away. All this decisive evidence clearly proves that this Surah was revealed during the last stage of the Prophet’s Mission at Makkah.

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