Surah Al-Mulk 67:9
سُورَةُ المُلۡكِ · Meccan · Verse 9 of 30
قَالُوا۟ بَلَىٰ قَدْ جَآءَنَا نَذِيرٌۭ فَكَذَّبْنَا وَقُلْنَا مَا نَزَّلَ ٱللَّهُ مِن شَىْءٍ إِنْ أَنتُمْ إِلَّا فِى ضَلَٰلٍۢ كَبِيرٍۢ
Translation
They will reply, ‘Yes, a warner did come to us, but we did not believe him. We said, “God has revealed nothing: you are greatly misguided”.’
English translation: M.A.S. Abdel Haleem.
Meaning and reflection
'They will say: Yes, a warner did come to us, but we denied and said, God has not sent down anything.' al-Biqa'i notes they confess in full, sparing themselves nothing, they even called the messengers themselves the misguided ones. The horror is that every gate to guidance had been opened for them, and they barred each one by choice. Ask yourself: it is a strangely modern reflex, to meet a truth that unsettles me by insisting there is nothing to it, that the whole thing is 'made up'. This verse shows where that reflex leads when it becomes a whole life's posture. When something true disturbs me, is my first move to examine it, or to dismiss it so I don't have to change?
Grounded in classical tafsir: al-Biqa'i, al-Saadi, Ibn Kathir.
Reflect on this verse
Open Surah Al-Mulk 67:9 in Maani to reflect on it through the Five Lenses: its wording, its context, what it means for you, its connections across the Quran and its lessons, grounded in classical tafsir.