The Holy Quran 26:4 — Surah Ash-Shu'ara

Arabic text

إِن نَّشَأْ نُنَزِّلْ عَلَيْهِم مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ ءَايَةً فَظَلَّتْ أَعْنَـٰقُهُمْ لَهَا خَـٰضِعِينَ

Translation

If We willed, We could have revealed a (great) Aayah (miracle) to them from the sky, causing their necks to bow before it in humility. (because of which they would be forced to accept Imaan. However, Allaah does not do this because forcing people into submission would defeat the object of testing them and rewarding or punishing them according to their merit.)

Tafsir (excerpt) — التفسير الميسر

إن نشأ ننزل على المكذبين من قومك من السماء معجزة مخوِّفة لهم تلجئهم إلى الإيمان، فتصير أعناقهم خاضعة ذليلة، ولكننا لم نشأ ذلك; فإن الإيمان النافع هو الإيمان بالغيب اختيارًا.

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