The Holy Quran 40:34 — Surah Ghafir

Arabic text

وَلَقَدْ جَآءَكُمْ يُوسُفُ مِن قَبْلُ بِٱلْبَيِّنَـٰتِ فَمَا زِلْتُمْ فِى شَكٍّ مِّمَّا جَآءَكُم بِهِۦ ۖ حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا هَلَكَ قُلْتُمْ لَن يَبْعَثَ ٱللَّهُ مِنۢ بَعْدِهِۦ رَسُولًا ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ يُضِلُّ ٱللَّهُ مَنْ هُوَ مُسْرِفٌ مُّرْتَابٌ

Translation

"Without doubt, Yusuf عليه الصلاة والسلام came to you with clear signs (to prove that he was Allaah's true Rasool), but you remained (continued) in constant doubt about what he brought to you until the time came when he passed away, then you said, 'Allaah shall never ever send a Rasool after him (Allaah knows that it is futile to send another because we will reject him just as we rejected Yusuf عليه الصلاة والسلام). Thus does Allaah allow those people to go astray who transgress (exceed) the limits and who are sceptical..." (doubtful)

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

The believing man’s argument from the case of Yusuf ﵇: that is, [you said]: “Well, that story is over: he was not a messenger, and now no messenger is going to come after him.” In effect this was a denial of the very chain of messengership. But Shah [Abd al-Qadir] ﵀ writes: “During the lifetime of Yusuf ﵇ (the people of Egypt)

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