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Tafsir of Muhammad 47:13

Surah Muhammad 47:13

ﱙ ﱚ ﱛ ﱜ ﱝ ﱞ ﱟ ﱠ ﱡ ﱢ ﱣ ﱤ ﱥ ﱦ

And how many a city was stronger than your city [Makkah] which drove you out? We destroyed them; and there was no helper for them.

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Muhammad: (13) *And how many a city...*

And it is read: Wa-ka'in (وكائن) with the measure of ka'in (كاعن).

He intended by "the city" its inhabitants. That is why He said: {We destroyed them}, as if He said: "And how many a people, who were stronger in power than your people who drove you out, have We destroyed."

The meaning of "drove you out": They were the cause of your departure.

If you ask: How can He say {and there was no helper for them}, when it is a matter that has already passed?

I say: Its flow is the flow of a narrated state (al-hal al-mahkiyya), as if He said: "We destroyed them, and they are [left] without helpers."

{Is he who is upon a clear proof from his Lord like him to whom the evil of his deed has been made attractive and who follow their [own] desires?}