Surah Al-Anfal Ayat 32 in Arabic Text
English Translation
Here you can read various translations of verse 32
And [remember] when they said, “O Allah, if this should be the truth from You, then rain down upon us stones from the sky or bring us a painful punishment.”
Remember how they said: “O Allah if this is indeed the Truth from Thee, rain down on us a shower of stones form the sky, or send us a grievous penalty.”
And also recall when they said: ‘O Allah! If this indeed be the truth from You, then rain down stones upon us from heaven, or bring upon us a painful chastisement.’
And (remember) when they said: “O Allah! If this (the Quran) is indeed the truth (revealed) from You, then rain down stones on us from the sky or bring on us a painful torment.”
And when they said: O Allah! If this be indeed the truth from Thee, then rain down stones on us or bring on us some painful doom!
And as they said, “O Allah, (The Arabic word has the suffix-unima for supplication) in case this is (really) the Truth from Your Providence, then rain down upon us stones from the heaven, or come up to us with a painful torment.”
They also said, ‘God, if this really is the truth from You, then rain stones on us from the heavens, or send us some other painful punishment.’
اور جب کہ ان لوگوں نے کہا کہ اے اللہ! اگر یہ قرآن آپ کی طرف سے واقعی ہے تو ہم پر آسمان سے پتھر برسا یا ہم پر کوئی دردناک عذاب واقع کر دے
Quran 8 Verse 32 Explanation
For those looking for commentary to help with the understanding of Surah Al-Anfal ayat 32, we’ve provided two Tafseer works below. The first is the tafseer of Abul Ala Maududi, the second is of Ibn Kathir.
Ala-Maududi
(8:32) And also recall when they said: ‘O Allah! If this indeed be the truth from You, then rain down stones upon us from heaven, or bring upon us a painful chastisement.’[26]
26. These words were uttered by way of challenge rather than a prayer to God. What they meant was that had the message of the Prophet (peace be on him) been true, and from God, its rejection would have entailed a heavy scourge, and stones would have fallen on them from heaven. Since nothing of the sort happened, it was evident that the message was neither true nor from God.
Ibn-Kathir
The tafsir of Surah Al-Anfal verse 32 by Ibn Kathir is unavailable here.
Please refer to Surah Anfal ayat 31 which provides the complete commentary from verse 31 through 33.
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