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Al-Ahqaf 8

Ayah 8 of 35 · Meccan

أَمۡ يَقُولُونَ ٱفۡتَرَىٰهُۖ قُلۡ إِنِ ٱفۡتَرَيۡتُهُۥ فَلَا تَمۡلِكُونَ لِي مِنَ ٱللَّهِ شَيۡـًٔاۖ هُوَ أَعۡلَمُ بِمَا تُفِيضُونَ فِيهِۚ كَفَىٰ بِهِۦ شَهِيدَۢا بَيۡنِي وَبَيۡنَكُمۡۖ وَهُوَ ٱلۡغَفُورُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ ٨

Or do they say, "He has invented it"? Say, "If I have invented it, you will not possess for me [the power of protection] from Allāh at all. He is most knowing of that in which you are involved.1 Sufficient is He as Witness between me and you, and He is the Forgiving, the Merciful."

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 Of false implications and suggestions.

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. أَمۡOram
  2. يَقُولُونَthey sayyaqūlūna
  3. ٱفۡتَرَىٰهُۖHe has invented itif'tarāhu
  4. قُلۡSayqul
  5. إِنِIfini
  6. ٱفۡتَرَيۡتُهُۥI have invented itif'taraytuhu
  7. فَلَاthen notfalā
  8. تَمۡلِكُونَyou have powertamlikūna
  9. لِيfor melī
  10. مِنَagainstmina
  11. ٱللَّهِAllahl-lahi
  12. شَيۡـًٔاۖanythingshayan
  13. هُوَHehuwa
  14. أَعۡلَمُknows bestaʿlamu
  15. بِمَاof whatbimā
  16. تُفِيضُونَyou uttertufīḍūna
  17. فِيهِۚconcerning itfīhi
  18. كَفَىٰSufficient is Hekafā
  19. بِهِۦSufficient is Hebihi
  20. شَهِيدَۢا(as) a Witnessshahīdan
  21. بَيۡنِيbetween mebaynī
  22. وَبَيۡنَكُمۡۖand between youwabaynakum
  23. وَهُوَand Hewahuwa
  24. ٱلۡغَفُورُ(is) the Oft-Forgivingl-ghafūru
  25. ٱلرَّحِيمُthe Most Mercifull-raḥīmu

Tafsir

Do these idolaters say: “Muhammad has made up this Qur’ān and attributed it to Allah?” Say to them, O Messenger: “If I have made it up on my own part, you do not have power over any plan for me if Allah wants to punish me, so how can I put myself at risk of punishment by fabricating against Him? Allah knows better the criticism of His Qur’ān and slandering me you engage in. He, (may He be glorified), is sufficient as a witness between me and you. And He is Forgiving of the sins of His servants who repent to Him, Merciful to them”.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran