Tafheem ul Quran
Surah 6 Al-An'am, Ayat 156-157
اَنۡ تَقُوۡلُـوۡۤا اِنَّمَاۤ اُنۡزِلَ الۡـكِتٰبُ عَلٰى طَآئِفَتَيۡنِ مِنۡ قَبۡلِنَا وَاِنۡ كُنَّا عَنۡ دِرَاسَتِهِمۡ لَغٰفِلِيۡنَۙ
﴿6:156﴾
اَوۡ تَقُوۡلُوۡا لَوۡ اَنَّاۤ اُنۡزِلَ عَلَيۡنَا الۡـكِتٰبُ لَـكُنَّاۤ اَهۡدٰى مِنۡهُمۡ ۚ فَقَدۡ جَآءَكُمۡ بَيِّنَةٌ مِّنۡ رَّبِّكُمۡ وَهُدًى وَرَحۡمَةٌ ۚ فَمَنۡ اَظۡلَمُ مِمَّنۡ كَذَّبَ بِاٰيٰتِ اللّٰهِ وَصَدَفَ عَنۡهَا ؕ سَنَجۡزِى الَّذِيۡنَ يَصۡدِفُوۡنَ عَنۡ اٰيٰتِنَا سُوۡٓءَ الۡعَذَابِ بِمَا كَانُوۡا يَصۡدِفُوۡنَ
﴿6:157﴾
(6:156) (You may no longer) say now that the Book was revealed only to two
groups of people before Us 137 and that we had indeed been unaware
of what they read. (6:157) Nor may you claim that: 'Had the Book been revealed to us, we would
have been better guided than they.' Surely clear evidence has come to you from
your Lord, which is both a guidance and a mercy. Who, then, is more unjust than
he who gave the lie to the signs of Allah and turned away from them?138
And We shall soon requite those who turn away from Our signs with a severe chastisement
for having turned away.
Notes
137. The allusion is to the Jews and the Christians.
138. 'Signs of Allah' include the teachings embodied in the Qur'an. They
are also manifest in the noble life of the Prophet (peace be on him), and the
pure lives of those who believed in him. Tley also include the natural phenomena
to which the Qur'an refers in support of its message.