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Surah 13. Ar-Ra'd, Ayah 27

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وَيَقُولُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لَوْلَآ أُنزِلَ عَلَيْهِ ءَايَةٌ مِّن رَّبِّهِۦ ۗ قُلْ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يُضِلُّ مَن يَشَآءُ وَيَهْدِىٓ إِلَيْهِ مَنْ أَنَابَ
Wayaqoolu alla th eena kafaroo lawl a onzila AAalayhi a yatun min rabbihi qul inna All a ha yu d illu man yash a o wayahdee ilayhi man an a b a
NOW THOSE who are bent on denying the truth [of the Prophet's message] say, "Why has no miraculous sign ever been bestowed upon him from on high by his Sustainer?"49 Say: "Behold, God lets go astray him who wills [to go astray],50 just as He guides unto Himself all who turn unto Him -
  - Mohammad Asad

Or: "God lets go astray whomever He wills". Regarding the rendering adopted by me, see surah {14}, note [4].

See verse {7} of this surah and the corresponding note [16]. The repetition of this question at this place points to its connection with the reference to "those who break their bond with God after it has been established [in their nature]" in verse {25} above (elucidated in note [19] on 2:27 ). The abandonment of their original, innate faculty to realize the existence of God and their own dependence on His guidance - caused by their utter immersion in the passing pleasures of this world's life - makes it impossible for "those who are bent on denying the truth" to sense the breath of the divine in the message propounded to them by Muhammad: and so they refuse to accept it as true unless it is supported by an outward "miracle". (See in this connection note [94] on 6:109 .)

The unbelievers say: "Why has no sign been sent down to him (Muhammad) from his Rabb?" Say: "In fact Allah lets him go astray who wants, and guides to Himself those who turn to Him
  - Muhammad Farooq-i-Azam Malik
The disbelievers say, 'If only a sign could be sent down to him from his Lord.'1 Say, 'O Prophet,' 'Indeed, Allah leaves to stray whoever He wills, and guides to Himself whoever turns to Him-
  - Mustafa Khattab

 The disbelievers demanded a tangible miracle such as the staff of Moses.

Those who disbelieve say: If only a portent were sent down upon him from his Lord! Say: Lo! Allah sendeth whom He will astray, and guideth unto Himself all who turn (unto Him),
  - Marmaduke Pickthall
The Unbelievers say: "Why is not a Sign sent down to him from his Lord?" Say: "Truly Allah leaveth to stray whom He will; but He guideth to Himself those who turn to Him in penitence 1842
  - Abdullah Yusuf Ali

The question is repeated from xiii. 7 above; for the line of reasoning there suggested in answer is now completed, and another line of reasoning is now taken up. Allah provides every guidance for those who turn to Him in penitence, but He will leave those to wander astray who deliberately close their eyes and their hearts to His grace and the comfort that comes from remembering Him and celebrating His praises.

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