Tafheem ul Quran
Surah 35 Fatir, Ayat 42-42
وَاَ قۡسَمُوۡا بِاللّٰهِ جَهۡدَ اَيۡمَانِهِمۡ لَـئِنۡ جَآءَهُمۡ نَذِيۡرٌ لَّيَكُوۡنُنَّ اَهۡدٰى مِنۡ اِحۡدَى الۡاُمَمِۚ فَلَمَّا جَآءَهُمۡ نَذِيۡرٌ مَّا زَادَهُمۡ اِلَّا نُفُوۡرًا ۙ
﴿35:42﴾
(35:42) Swearing by Allah their strongest oaths they claimed that if a warner
came to them they would be better-guided than any other people.71
But when a warner did come to them, his coming only increased their aversion
(to the Truth).
Notes
71. Before the advent of the Prophet (peace be upon him), the same thing used
to be said by the Arabs, in general, and by the Quraish, in particular, when
they witnessed the moral degeneration of the Jews and the Christians. Mention
of this saying of theirs has also been made in( Surah Al-Anaam, Ayats 156-157)
and in (Surah As-Saffat, Ayats 167-169).