Tafsir for verse: 17:50
۞ قُلۡ كُونُواْ حِجَارَةً أَوۡ حَدِيدًا ٥٠ ﴿50﴾
50Say, “Be you stones or iron
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Commentary
So it is as if it was said: What is to be said to them in response? It was said: Say to them: Do not be dust; rather be [UNTRANSLATED-LATIN: turaban]; rather be harder than dust; [UNTRANSLATED-LATIN: hijaratan]; meaning: it is in the utmost dryness; or iron; it is added to the dryness of the stones the intensity of the connection of the parts.
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