Surah Az-Zukhruf — Ayah 31 (43:31)

English translation (Saheeh International)

And they said, "Why was this Qur’ān not sent down upon a great man from [one of] the two cities?"¹

1. - Referring to Makkah and aṭ-Ṭā’if.

Brief commentary

The rejecting idolaters say, “Why did Allah not reveal this Qur’ān upon one of the two great men of Makkah or Taif: Al-Walīd ibn ‘Uqbah or ‘Urwah ibn Mas‘ūd Al-Thaqafī, instead of revealing it upon the poor, orphaned Muhammad?”