Tafsir for verse: 5:113
قَالُواْ نُرِيدُ أَن نَّأۡكُلَ مِنۡهَا وَتَطۡمَئِنَّ قُلُوبُنَا وَنَعۡلَمَ أَن قَدۡ صَدَقۡتَنَا وَنَكُونَ عَلَيۡهَا مِنَ ٱلشَّٰهِدِينَ ١١٣ ﴿113
113They said, “We wish that we eat from it, and our hearts be satisfied, and we may know for sure that you have told us the truth, and we may become witnesses to it.”
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Commentary

And when the miracles are only sought for the faith of those who have not believed; and in this response is the most complete reprimand for them; the listener yearned for their response; so it was said: 'They did not cease; rather they said: Indeed, we do not want it for the sake of removing doubt from us; rather we want a collection of matters: that we eat from it; for we are hungry; and when the estimation is: so that its blessing may be obtained for us; he added: 'and that our hearts may be assured'; meaning: by combining what we have seen of it with what has preceded from Your miracles; without our asking about it; 'and we may know'; meaning: with certainty; and its truth; 'that You have indeed spoken the truth to us'; meaning: in all that You have informed us of; 'and we be among those'; and they indicated its generality by partiality; so they said: 'of the witnesses'; meaning: the testimony of a vision that confirms that it has occurred; not the testimony of faith that it is possible to occur.

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