Addressing Disbelievers' Objections and Strengthening the Prophet's Heart

Al-Furqan — Verses 32–34 | Explore this Quran theme on Muallim

وَقَالَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا لَوْلَا نُزِّلَ عَلَيْهِ الْقُرْآنُ جُمْلَةً وَاحِدَةً ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ لِنُثَبِّتَ بِهِ فُؤَادَكَ ۖ وَرَتَّلْنَاهُ تَرْتِيلًا ٣٢

And those who disbelieve say: "Why is not the Quran revealed to him all at once?" Thus (it is sent down in parts), that We may strengthen your heart thereby. And We have revealed it to you gradually, in stages. (It was revealed to the Prophet SAW in 23 years.).

وَقَالَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا
And those who disbelieve say:
لَوْلَا نُزِّلَ عَلَيْهِ الْقُرْآنُ جُمْلَةً وَاحِدَةً ۚ
"Why is not the Quran revealed to him all at once?"
كَذَٰلِكَ لِنُثَبِّتَ بِهِ فُؤَادَكَ ۖ
Thus (it is sent down in parts), that We may strengthen your heart thereby.
وَرَتَّلْنَاهُ تَرْتِيلًا
And We have revealed it to you gradually, in stages.

وَلَا يَأْتُونَكَ بِمَثَلٍ إِلَّا جِئْنَاكَ بِالْحَقِّ وَأَحْسَنَ تَفْسِيرًا ٣٣

And no example or similitude do they bring (to oppose or to find fault in you or in this Quran), but We reveal to you the truth (against that similitude or example), and the better explanation thereof.

وَلَا يَأْتُونَكَ بِمَثَلٍ
And no example or similitude do they bring
إِلَّا جِئْنَاكَ بِالْحَقِّ
but We reveal to you the truth
وَأَحْسَنَ تَفْسِيرًا
and the better explanation thereof

الَّذِينَ يُحْشَرُونَ عَلَىٰ وُجُوهِهِمْ إِلَىٰ جَهَنَّمَ أُولَٰئِكَ شَرٌّ مَّكَانًا وَأَضَلُّ سَبِيلًا ٣٤

Those who will be gathered to Hell (prone) on their faces, such will be in an evil state, and most astray from the (Straight) Path.

الَّذِينَ يُحْشَرُونَ عَلَىٰ وُجُوهِهِمْ
Those who will be gathered to Hell (prone) on their faces,
إِلَىٰ جَهَنَّمَ
to Hell,
أُولَٰئِكَ
such will be
شَرٌّ مَّكَانًا
in an evil state,
وَأَضَلُّ سَبِيلًا
and most astray from the (Straight) Path.