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Sura 9
Aya 124
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وَإِذا ما أُنزِلَت سورَةٌ فَمِنهُم مَن يَقولُ أَيُّكُم زادَتهُ هٰذِهِ إيمانًا ۚ فَأَمَّا الَّذينَ آمَنوا فَزادَتهُم إيمانًا وَهُم يَستَبشِرونَ

Muhammad Asad

YET WHENEVER a surah [of this divine writ] is bestowed from on high, some of the deniers of the truth are prone to ask,1 "Which of you has this [message] strengthened in his faith?" Now as for those who have attained to faith, it does strengthen them in their faith, and they rejoice in the glad tiding [which God has given them].2
  • Lit., "there are among them such as say". The "saying" that follows is perhaps an oblique, sarcastic reference to 8:2, which speaks of the believers "whose faith is strengthened whenever His messages are conveyed unto them".
  • A reference to the promise of paradise expressed in verse 111 above.