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the like of that which Allah's CH. 6 PT. 8 AL-AN'ĀM they plot not except against their own souls; but they perceive not. 865 125. And when there comes to them a Sign, they say, “We will { وَإِذَا جَاءَتْهُمْ آيَةٌ قَالُوا لَنْ نُّؤْمِنَ حَتَّى نُؤْتى مِثْلَ مَا أُوتِيَ رُسُلُ اللهِ اللهُ أَعْلَمُ not believe until we are given jajais حَيْثُ يَجْعَلُ رِسَالَتَهُ سَيُصِيبُ الَّذِيْنَ Messengers have been given أَجْرَ مُوا صَغَارُ عِنْدَ اللهِ وَعَذَابٌ شَدِيدٌ بِمَا كَانُوا يَمْكُرُونَ فَمَنْ يُرِدِ اللهُ أَنْ يَهْدِيَهُ يَشْرَحْ صَدْرَهُ Allah 126. So, Allah knows best where to place His Message. Surely, humiliation before Allah and a severe punishment shall smite the offenders because of their plotting 866 whomsoever wishes to guide, He expands his 865. Commentary: "28:49. The verse is rather difficult to translate. Some translators make the word (great ones) the first object of the verb (have We made) and the word (its sinners) the second object. But the better rendering and one more befitting the context is to treat the words and as and making them jointly the first object of and supplying the second object from the expression "in utter darkness" occurring in the preceding verse. Similarly the ) in لام عاقبة but لام تعليل is not ليمكروا We are told in 6:113 above that it is the law of God that wicked leaders from among the common people and from among the big ones are always hostile to the Prophets of God. It is to 923 these wicked leaders that the verse under comment refers. They are surrounded by utter darkness from which they never emerge (see the preceding verse). 866. Commentary: the last The verse embodies argument or the last excuse of disbelievers in the present discussion. They say, "We will never believe in Divine revelation until we also receive revelation like unto the revelation of the Messengers of God. If God speaks to them, let Him speak to us also. " God answers this foolish objection by saying: "It is not to every man that God speaks; He speaks only to him whom He finds worthy of it and whom He selects for the purpose. " As