Surah Yunus Tafseer
Tafseer of Yunus : 74
Saheeh International
Then We sent after him messengers to their peoples, and they came to them with clear proofs. But they were not to believe in that which they had denied before. Thus We seal over the hearts of the transgressors
Ibn Kathir
Tafseer 'Ibn Kathir' (EN)
Meaning; Then after Nuh We sent Messengers to their people.
Allah said:
ثُمَّ بَعَثْنَا مِن بَعْدِهِ رُسُلً إِلَى قَوْمِهِمْ فَجَأوُوهُم بِالْبَيِّنَاتِ
Then after him We sent Messengers to their people. They brought them clear proofs,
Allah tells that they brought them clear proofs and evidences of the truth that they came with.
فَمَا كَانُواْ لِيُوْمِنُواْ بِمَا كَذَّبُواْ بِهِ مِن قَبْلُ
But they would not believe what they had already rejected beforehand,
meaning the nations did not believe what their Messengers brought to them because they already rejected it from the beginning.
Allah said:
وَنُقَلِّبُ أَفْيِدَتَهُمْ وَأَبْصَـرَهُمْ
And We shall turn their hearts and their eyes away (from guidance). (6:110)
He then said here,
كَذَلِكَ نَطْبَعُ عَلَى قُلوبِ الْمُعْتَدِينَ
Thus We seal the hearts of the transgressors.
This means that as Allah has set seals on the hearts of those people, such that they would not believe since they previously rejected faith, He would also set seals on the hearts of the people that are like them, who will come after them.
They would not believe until they see the severe torment. This means that Allah destroyed the nations after Nuh. He destroyed the nations that rejected the Messengers and saved those who believed from among them.
From the time of Adam to Nuh, people followed Islam. Then they invented the worship of idols. So Allah sent Nuh to them. That is why the believers will say to him on the Day of Resurrection, "You are the first Messenger Allah sent to the people of the earth."
Ibn Abbas said:
"There were ten generations between Adam and Nuh, and all of them were following Islam."
Allah also said:
وَكَمْ أَهْلَكْنَا مِنَ الْقُرُونِ مِن بَعْدِ نُوحٍ
And how many generations have We destroyed after Nuh! (17:17)
This was a serious warning to the Arab pagans, who rejected the leader and last of the Messengers and Prophets. If the people before them who rejected their Messengers had received this much punishment, then what did they think will happen to them since they perpetrated even greater sins than others before them
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