The Holy Quran 40:5 — Surah Ghafir

Arabic text

كَذَّبَتْ قَبْلَهُمْ قَوْمُ نُوحٍ وَٱلْأَحْزَابُ مِنۢ بَعْدِهِمْ ۖ وَهَمَّتْ كُلُّ أُمَّةٍۭ بِرَسُولِهِمْ لِيَأْخُذُوهُ ۖ وَجَـٰدَلُوا۟ بِٱلْبَـٰطِلِ لِيُدْحِضُوا۟ بِهِ ٱلْحَقَّ فَأَخَذْتُهُمْ ۖ فَكَيْفَ كَانَ عِقَابِ

Translation

Before them, the nation of Nooh عليه الصلاة والسلام rejected (the message of the Ambiyaa), as well as the many groups after them. Every nation resolved (intended) to seize (harm) their Rasool and they used falsehood to argue (disputed) in an effort to refute (deny) the truth. So I seized (punished) them instead. How (severe) was My punishment?

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

A lesson from the fate of earlier nations: that is, the wicked of every community intended to seize their prophet in order to kill him or torment him, and wanted, by setting up false fabrications, to defeat the true religion and not let the voice of truth rise.

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