Surah Al-Anbiya Ayat 41 in Arabic Text
English Translation
Here you can read various translations of verse 41
And already were messengers ridiculed before you, but those who mocked them were enveloped by what they used to ridicule.
Mocked were (many) messenger before thee; But their scoffers were hemmed in by the thing that they mocked.
Other Messengers before you were also mocked, but those who scoffed at the Messengers were overtaken by the same scourge that they had scoffed at.
Indeed (many) Messengers were mocked before you (O Muhammad SAW), but the scoffers were surrounded by that, whereat they used to mock.
Messengers before thee, indeed, were mocked, but that whereat they mocked surrounded those who scoffed at them.
And Messengers even before you were indeed already mocked at, then whatever (the disbelievers) mocked at redounded upon the ones (i.e., the disbelievers) who scoffed at them. (The Messengers)
Messengers before you [Muhammad] were also ridiculed, but those who mocked them were overwhelmed in the end by the very thing they had mocked.
اور تجھ سے پہلے رسولوں کے ساتھ بھی ہنسی مذاق کیا گیا پس ہنسی کرنے والوں کو ہی اس چیز نے گھیر لیا جس کی وه ہنسی اڑاتے تھے
Quran 21 Verse 41 Explanation
For those looking for commentary to help with the understanding of Surah Al-Anbiya ayat 41, we’ve provided two Tafseer works below. The first is the tafseer of Abul Ala Maududi, the second is of Ibn Kathir.
Ala-Maududi
(21:41) Other Messengers before you were also mocked, but those who scoffed at the Messengers were overtaken by the same scourge that they had scoffed at.
There is no commentary by Abul Maududi available for this verse.
Ibn-Kathir
41. Indeed (many) Messengers were mocked before you, but the scoffers were surrounded by what they used to mock. 42. Say: “Who can guard and protect you in the night or in the day from the Most Gracious” Nay, but they turn away from the remembrance of their Lord. 43. Or have they gods who can guard them from Us They have no power to help themselves, nor can they be protected from Us.
Allah says consoling His Messenger for the pain and insult caused by the mockery and disbelief of the idolators,
(Indeed (many) Messengers were mocked before you, but the scoffers were surrounded by what they used to mock.) meaning, the punishment which they thought would never come to pass. This is like the Ayah:
(Verily, Messengers were denied before you, but with patience they bore the denial, and they were hurt; till Our help reached them, and none can alter the Words of Allah. Surely, there has reached you the information (news) about the Messengers (before you)) ﴿6:34﴾. Then Allah menitons His favor for His creatures; He protects them by night and by day, taking care of them and watching over them with His Eye that never sleeps.
(Say: “Who can guard and protect you in the night or in the day from the Most Gracious”) means, other than the Most Gracious Himself
(Nay, but they turn away from the remembrance of their Lord.) means, they do not recognize the blessings and favor of Allah towards them; they turn away from His signs and blessings.
(Or have they gods who can guard them from Us) This is a rhetorical question aimed at denouncing and rebuking. The meaning is, do they have any gods who can protect them and take care of them other than Us It is not as they imagine or as they claim. Allah says:
(They have no power to help themselves,) these gods on whom they rely instead of Allah cannot even help themselves.
(nor can they be protected from Us.) Al-`Awfi reported from Ibn `Abbas,”Nor can they be guarded from Us.”
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