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Quran 10:94, if you are in doubt.

Surah Yunus, ayah 94: "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..." Read it in Arabic with transliteration and the Sahih International translation, with the ayah before and after it, and listen to it recited.

10:93Before

وَلَقَدْ بَوَّأْنَا بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ مُبَوَّأَ صِدْقٍۢ وَرَزَقْنَٰهُم مِّنَ ٱلطَّيِّبَٰتِ فَمَا ٱخْتَلَفُوا۟ حَتَّىٰ جَآءَهُمُ ٱلْعِلْمُ ۚ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ يَقْضِى بَيْنَهُمْ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ فِيمَا كَانُوا۟ فِيهِ يَخْتَلِفُونَ ﴿٩٣﴾

Wa laqad bawwaanaa Baneee Israaa'eela mubawwa-a sidqinw wa razaqnaahum minnat taiyibaati famakh talafoo hattaa jaaa'ahmul 'ilm; inna Rabbaka yaqdee bainahum Yawmal Qiyaamati feemaa kaanoo feehi yakhtalifoon

And We had certainty settled the Children of Israel in an agreeable settlement and provided them with good things. And they did not differ until [after] knowledge had come to them. Indeed, your Lord will judge between them on the Day of Resurrection concerning that over which they used to differ

10:94This ayah

فَإِن كُنتَ فِى شَكٍّۢ مِّمَّآ أَنزَلْنَآ إِلَيْكَ فَسْـَٔلِ ٱلَّذِينَ يَقْرَءُونَ ٱلْكِتَٰبَ مِن قَبْلِكَ ۚ لَقَدْ جَآءَكَ ٱلْحَقُّ مِن رَّبِّكَ فَلَا تَكُونَنَّ مِنَ ٱلْمُمْتَرِينَ ﴿٩٤﴾

Fa in kunta fee shakkim mimmaaa anzalnaaa ilaika fas'alil lazeena yaqra'oonal Kitaaba min qablik; laqad jaaa'akal haqqu mir Rabbika falaa takoonanna minal mumtareen

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.

10:95After

وَلَا تَكُونَنَّ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِ ٱللَّهِ فَتَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلْخَٰسِرِينَ ﴿٩٥﴾

Wa laa takoonanna minal lazeena kazzaboo bi Aayaatil laahi fatakoona minal khaasireen

And never be of those who deny the signs of Allah and [thus] be among the losers.

Arabic: Tanzil, Uthmani script. English: Sahih International. Audio: EveryAyah. Transliteration is a learning aid; read from the Arabic when you can.

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Meaning and lessons

What Quran 10:94 means, in brief.

Allah says: if you are in doubt about what We have revealed to you, ask those who were reading the Scripture before you. The truth has come to you from your Lord, so do not be among the doubters. Ibn Kathir explains that the address is conditional and was never meant to suggest the Prophet ﷺ doubted. He reports from Qatadah that the Prophet ﷺ said: "I do not doubt, and I will not ask."

The ayah confirms that the truth of this message was known to people of the earlier scriptures, which strengthens the believers, and it teaches the whole community through its address to the Prophet ﷺ.

Summarised in our own words from Tafsir Ibn Kathir, on Quran 10:94. Translation of the ayah: Sahih International.

Lessons from this ayah

  • The Quran confirms the scriptures that came before it.
  • Allah sometimes addresses the Prophet ﷺ to teach the whole community.
  • Certainty in faith is something to ask Allah for and to protect.

Where Quran 10:94 is in the mushaf

Ayah 94 of Surah Yunus (يُونُسَ), "Jonas", surah 10 of the Quran, a Meccan surah of 109 ayat revealed in Makkah. It is in juz 11 (para 11), hizb 22, on page 219 of the standard Madinah mushaf. People search for it as 10/94, 10 94 or Quran 10 94.

Questions

Good to know.

What does Quran 10:94 say?

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. (Sahih International)

What is Quran 10:94 about?

Allah says: if you are in doubt about what We have revealed to you, ask those who were reading the Scripture before you. The truth has come to you from your Lord, so do not be among the doubters. Ibn Kathir explains that the address is conditional and was never meant to suggest the Prophet ﷺ doubted. He reports from Qatadah that the Prophet ﷺ said: "I do not doubt, and I will not ask."

Which surah and juz is 10:94 in?

It is in Surah Yunus, surah 10 of the Quran, in juz 11 (para 11), on page 219 of the Madinah mushaf.

What comes before and after 10:94?

The ayah before, 10:93, says: "And We had certainty settled the Children of Israel in an agreeable settlement and provided them with good things. And they did not differ until [after] knowledge had come to them. Indeed, your Lord will judge between them on the Day of Resurrection concerning that over which they used to differ" The ayah after, 10:95, says: "And never be of those who deny the signs of Allah and [thus] be among the losers."