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10:94

فَإِن كُنتَ فِي شَكّٖ مِّمَّآ أَنزَلۡنَآ إِلَيۡكَ فَسۡـَٔلِ ٱلَّذِينَ يَقۡرَءُونَ ٱلۡكِتَٰبَ مِن قَبۡلِكَۚ لَقَدۡ جَآءَكَ ٱلۡحَقُّ مِن رَّبِّكَ فَلَا تَكُونَنَّ مِنَ ٱلۡمُمۡتَرِينَ

Fain kunta fee shakkin mimma anzalnna ilayka faisali allatheena yaqraoona alkitaba min qablika laqad jaaka alhaqqu min rabbika fala takoonanna mina almumtareena

So if you are in doubt, [O Muhammad], about that which We have revealed to you, then ask those who have been reading the Scripture before you. The truth has certainly come to you from your Lord, so never be among the doubters.

Word by word
  1. فَإِنSo if
  2. كُنتَyou are
  3. فِيin
  4. شَكّٖdoubt
  5. مِّمَّآof what
  6. أَنزَلۡنَآWe have revealed
  7. إِلَيۡكَto you
  8. فَسۡـَٔلِthen ask
  9. ٱلَّذِينَthose who
  10. يَقۡرَءُونَ(have been) reading
  11. ٱلۡكِتَٰبَthe Book
  12. مِنbefore you
  13. قَبۡلِكَۚbefore you
  14. لَقَدۡVerily
  15. جَآءَكَhas come to you
  16. ٱلۡحَقُّthe truth
  17. مِنfrom
  18. رَّبِّكَyour Lord
  19. فَلَاso (do) not
  20. تَكُونَنَّbe
  21. مِنَamong
  22. ٱلۡمُمۡتَرِينَthe doubters
Yunus · 10:94Makkah

The truth has come from your Lord, so do not doubt.

Earlier scripture bears witness

The reassurance
if in doubtabout the revelation
ask
readers of the Bookit was described there
truth has comefrom your Lord
What to do with doubt
hide it, or quitdoubt means failure
seek and settlethe truth is there

Ibn Kathir links this to the verse that the Prophet ﷺ is found written of in the Tawrah and Injil. He says those with the earlier Books knew this as surely as they knew their own children, yet some hid it. The address ends firm: the truth has come from your Lord.

A question pops up that you cannot answer, and you feel your faith wobble. You are allowed to ask, read, and look for evidence. The verse points you toward answers and away from staying stuck.

Having a question means my faith is weak.

When doubt comes, I look for the truth, which is already there from my Lord.

Try this

Write down one question about your faith and ask a knowledgeable person about it this week.

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Tafsir Ibn Kathir

So if you are in doubt concerning that which We have revealed unto you, then ask those who are reading the Book before you. Verily, the truth has come to you from your Lord. So be not of those who doubt (it)(94)And be not one of those who belie the Ayat of Allah, for then you shall be one of the losers (95)Truly, those, against whom the Word of your Lord has been justified, will not believe (96)Even if every sign should come to them, until they see the painful torment (97)

Previous books Attest to the Truth of the Qur'an

Allah said:

الَّذِينَ يَتَّبِعُونَ الرَّسُولَ النَّبِيَّ الْأُمِّيَّ الَّذِي يَجِدُونَهُ مَكْتُوبًا عِندَهُمْ فِي التَّوْرَاةِ وَالْإِنجِيلِ

(Those who follow the Messenger, the Prophet who can neither read nor write whom they find written of with them in the Tawrah and the Injil.)(7:157) They are as certain of this as they are about who their children are, yet they hide it and distort it. They did not believe in it despite its clear evidence. Therefore Allah said:

إِنَّ الَّذِينَ حَقَّتْ عَلَيْهِمْ كَلِمَتُ رَبِّكَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ - وَلَوْ جَاءَتْهُمْ كُلُّ آيَةٍ حَتَّىٰ يَرَوُا الْعَذَابَ الْأَلِيمَ

(Truly, those, against whom the Word (wrath) of your Lord has been justified, will not believe. Even if every sign should come to them, until they see the painful torment.) meaning they would not believe in a way that they might benefit from that belief. This is when they believe at a time one may not be able to benefit from his belief. An example is when Musa prayed against Fir'awn and his chiefs, saying:

رَبَّنَا اطْمِسْ عَلَىٰ أَمْوَالِهِمْ وَاشْدُدْ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِمْ فَلَا يُؤْمِنُوا حَتَّىٰ يَرَوُا الْعَذَابَ الْأَلِيمَ

(Our Lord! Destroy their wealth, and harden their hearts, so that they will not believe until they see the painful torment.)(10:88) And Allah said:

وَلَوْ أَنَّنَا نَزَّلْنَا إِلَيْهِمُ الْمَلَائِكَةَ وَكَلَّمَهُمُ الْمَوْتَىٰ وَحَشَرْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ قُبُلًا مَّا كَانُوا لِيُؤْمِنُوا إِلَّا أَن يَشَاءَ اللَّهُ وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَهُمْ يَجْهَلُونَ

(And even if We had sent down unto them angels, and the dead had spoken unto them, and We had gathered together all things before their very eyes, they would not have believed, unless Allah willed, but most of them behave ignorantly.)(6:111) Allah then said: