(Nay, but they marvel) i.e. the Quraysh; and it is because they marvelled that Allah made this oath: they marvelled when they were told they will be resurrected after death; He said: in fact the Quraysh, among whom Ubayy and Umayyah the sons of Khalaf, Munbih and Nabih the son of Hajjaj, marvelled (that a warner) a warning messenger (of their own) from their own lineage (hath come unto them; and the disbelievers) the disbelievers of Mecca: Ubayy, Umayyah, Munbih and Nabih (say: This) which Muhammad (pbuh) says, i. e. that they will be resurrected after death, (is a strange thing) for he says:
- 50:22
بَلْ عَجِبُوا أَنْ جَاءَهُمْ مُنْذِرٌ مِنْهُمْ فَقَالَ الْكَافِرُونَ هَٰذَا شَيْءٌ عَجِيبٌ
Nay, but they marvel that a warner has come to them from among them; and the unbelievers say, 'This is a marvellous thing!
- common.revelation-Meccan
- common.hizb : 207