Tabari

Tafseer of The Rock · Al-Hijr · 15:81

وَءَاتَيْنَٰهُمْ ءَايَٰتِنَا فَكَانُوا۟ عَنْهَا مُعْرِضِينَ

And We gave them Our signs, but from them they were turning away.

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Tabari (1 passage)

  1. Full Dutch translation of Tabari's text

    His statement وَآتَيْنَاهُمْ آيَاتِنَا فَكَانُوا عَنْهَا مُعْرِضِينَ — He says: We showed them Our proofs and Our arguments concerning the reality of that with which We had sent Our messenger Ṣāliḥ to them, but they turned away from Our signs which We had given them — they drew no lesson from them and were not admonished by them.

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    وقوله ( وَآتَيْنَاهُمْ آيَاتِنَا فَكَانُوا عَنْهَا مُعْرِضِينَ ) يقول: وأريناهم أدلتنا وحججنا على حقيقة ما بعثنا به إليهم رسولنا صالحا، فكانوا عن آياتنا التي آتيناهموها معرضين لا يعتبرون بها ولا يتعظون.