The Holy Quran 40:78 — Surah Ghafir

Arabic text

وَلَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا رُسُلًا مِّن قَبْلِكَ مِنْهُم مَّن قَصَصْنَا عَلَيْكَ وَمِنْهُم مَّن لَّمْ نَقْصُصْ عَلَيْكَ ۗ وَمَا كَانَ لِرَسُولٍ أَن يَأْتِىَ بِـَٔايَةٍ إِلَّا بِإِذْنِ ٱللَّهِ ۚ فَإِذَا جَآءَ أَمْرُ ٱللَّهِ قُضِىَ بِٱلْحَقِّ وَخَسِرَ هُنَالِكَ ٱلْمُبْطِلُونَ

Translation

(O Rasulullaah ﷺ!) Verily We have sent many Rusul before you. Of them there are those whose narrations We have related to you, as well as those whose narrations We have not related to you. (However, the common factor among all of them was that) No Rasool had the power to produce a miracle (sign) without Allaah's permission (and it was because of this that people opposed them, just as they oppose you). (This is bound to happen), So (when it does, do not be distressed because) when Allaah's command (punishment) comes, judgement (decision) will be passed (made) with the truth and, on that occasion, the people of falsehood will be at a loss.

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

Prophets mentioned and not mentioned in the Quran: that is, the account of some We have related to you in detail, and of some We have not. (And it is possible that after the revelation of this verse their accounts too were related in detail.)

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