أَفَمِنْ هَـٰذَا ٱلْحَدِيثِ تَعْجَبُونَ 59
Translations
Then at this statement do you wonder?
Transliteration
Afammin haadhal-hadeethi ta'jabuun
Tafsir (Explanation)
This ayah expresses Allah's rebuke to those who marvel or express amazement at the Qur'an and its message, particularly regarding the description of the Day of Judgment and the resurrection that precedes this verse. Ibn Kathir explains that the question is rhetorical, implying that wonder at the Qur'an's truth is misplaced—what should astonish them is their own rejection of such clear evidence. Al-Tabari notes that the ayah challenges the disbelievers' mockery and dismissal of divine revelation as something worthy of amazement rather than derision.
Revelation Context
This ayah concludes Surah An-Najm, which is a Meccan surah describing Allah's oneness, the Prophet's night journey (Isra'), and the signs of the Day of Judgment. The ayah comes after detailed descriptions of resurrection and accountability, functioning as a direct challenge to those who heard these truths yet refused to believe or act upon them.
Related Hadiths
The general theme relates to Sahih Bukhari (Kitab Tafsir) where the Prophet (ﷺ) emphasized the Qur'an's clarity and the foolishness of rejecting it. Also relevant is the hadith in Sahih Muslim about those who turn away from the Qur'an despite its manifest signs.
Themes
Key Lesson
Rather than mocking or dismissing the Qur'an's message, believers should reflect deeply on its truths and allow wonder and reverence for Allah's word to motivate obedience. The ayah reminds us that the real amazement should be at Allah's wisdom and mercy in sending guidance, not at our own ability to reject it.
Related Ayahs
قَالُوٓا۟ أَوَلَمْ تَكُ تَأْتِيكُمْ رُسُلُكُم بِٱلْبَيِّنَـٰتِ ۖ قَالُوا۟ بَلَىٰ ۚ قَالُوا۟ فَٱدْعُوا۟ ۗ وَمَا دُعَـٰٓؤُا۟ ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ إِلَّا فِى ضَلَـٰلٍ
They will say, "Did there not come to you your messengers with clear proofs?" They will say, "Yes." They will reply, "Then supplicate [yourselves], but the supplication of the disbelievers is not except in error [i.e., futility]."
وَكَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا كِذَّابًا
And denied Our verses with [emphatic] denial.
إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ يُجَـٰدِلُونَ فِىٓ ءَايَـٰتِ ٱللَّهِ بِغَيْرِ سُلْطَـٰنٍ أَتَىٰهُمْ ۙ إِن فِى صُدُورِهِمْ إِلَّا كِبْرٌ مَّا هُم بِبَـٰلِغِيهِ ۚ فَٱسْتَعِذْ بِٱللَّهِ ۖ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلسَّمِيعُ ٱلْبَصِيرُ
Indeed, those who dispute concerning the signs of Allāh without [any] evidence having come to them - there is not within their breasts except pride, [the extent of] which they cannot reach. So seek refuge in Allāh. Indeed, it is He who is the Hearing, the Seeing.
ذَٰلِكَ جَزَآؤُهُم بِأَنَّهُمْ كَفَرُوا۟ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا وَقَالُوٓا۟ أَءِذَا كُنَّا عِظَـٰمًا وَرُفَـٰتًا أَءِنَّا لَمَبْعُوثُونَ خَلْقًا جَدِيدًا
That is their recompense because they disbelieved in Our verses and said, "When we are bones and crumbled particles, will we [truly] be resurrected [in] a new creation?"