The Holy Quran 38:7 — Surah Sad

Arabic text

مَا سَمِعْنَا بِهَـٰذَا فِى ٱلْمِلَّةِ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ إِنْ هَـٰذَآ إِلَّا ٱخْتِلَـٰقٌ

Translation

"We have not heard about such a thing (this message) in the other religions. This is (therefore) merely some fabrication."

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

Shah [Abd al-Qadir] ﵀ writes: “By ‘the former religion’ they meant that of their fathers and forefathers. That is: we have indeed heard that earlier people used to say such things, but our elders did not say so.” It is also possible that “the former religion” refers to Christianity, as most of the salaf (the righteous predecessors) held.

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