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88
وَقيلِهِ يا رَبِّ إِنَّ هٰؤُلاءِ قَومٌ لا يُؤمِنونَ

Yusuf Ali

(God has knowledge)1 of the (Prophet?s) cry, “O my Lord! Truly these are people who will not believe!”2
  • Commentators are divided in opinion as to the construction. The best opinion is that which I have adopted, referring back qilihi genitive governed by 'ilm in verse 85. An alternative construction is to construe the wow here as the waw qasamiyah; in that case we should have to suppose some other clause as understood, in order to complete the sense.
  • The Prophet was much troubled in mind by the Unfaith of the Quraish: 18:6. He is here told to leave them alone for a time, for the Truth must soon prevail.