The Holy Quran 34:44 — Surah Saba

Arabic text

وَمَآ ءَاتَيْنَـٰهُم مِّن كُتُبٍ يَدْرُسُونَهَا ۖ وَمَآ أَرْسَلْنَآ إِلَيْهِمْ قَبْلَكَ مِن نَّذِيرٍ

Translation

(It is strange that the Mushrikeen of Makkah so adamantly refused to believe in Rasulullaah ﷺ when) We neither gave them any scriptures that they could study (read) nor did we send a warner (Nabi) to them before you. (They therefore did not have anything authentic to cling on, which they could find hard to forsake in order to accept Islaam.)

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

The ignorance of the disbelievers of Makkah: that is, they were utterly unlettered: there was no heavenly book in their hands, nor had any prophet come among them for such a long time. Almighty Allah bestowed on them so magnificent a Prophet ﷺ and so exalted a Book.

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