Surah Ya-Sin 36:14
سُورَةُ يسٓ · Meccan · Verse 14 of 83
إِذْ أَرْسَلْنَآ إِلَيْهِمُ ٱثْنَيْنِ فَكَذَّبُوهُمَا فَعَزَّزْنَا بِثَالِثٍۢ فَقَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّآ إِلَيْكُم مُّرْسَلُونَ
Translation
We sent two messengers but they rejected both. Then We reinforced them with a third. They said, ‘Truly, we are messengers to you,’
English translation: M.A.S. Abdel Haleem.
Meaning and reflection
'We sent them two, and they denied both, so We reinforced them with a third, and they said: We are messengers to you.' al-Biqa'i notes the deepest aim of the passage is to console the Prophet through shared hardship, and here is patient escalation: denied, the mission is not abandoned but strengthened. Ask yourself: my instinct when an effort is rebuffed is to quit, clearly it wasn't meant to be. This verse shows a different response to rejection: reinforce and persist. When something good in my life meets a wall, is my reflex to withdraw, or to strengthen my resolve and send it forward again?
Grounded in classical tafsir: al-Biqa'i, al-Razi, Ibn Kathir.
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