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Sura 43
Aya 88
88
وَقيلِهِ يا رَبِّ إِنَّ هٰؤُلاءِ قَومٌ لا يُؤمِنونَ

Yusuf Ali

(God has knowledge)1 of the (Prophet?s) cry, “O my Lord! Truly these are people who will not believe!”2
  • Commentators are divided in opinion as to the construction. The best opinion is that which I have adopted, referring back qilihi genitive governed by 'ilm in verse 85. An alternative construction is to construe the wow here as the waw qasamiyah; in that case we should have to suppose some other clause as understood, in order to complete the sense.
  • The Prophet was much troubled in mind by the Unfaith of the Quraish: 18:6. He is here told to leave them alone for a time, for the Truth must soon prevail.