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Al-A'raf 203

Ayah 203 of 206 · Meccan

وَإِذَا لَمۡ تَأۡتِهِم بِـَٔايَةٖ قَالُواْ لَوۡلَا ٱجۡتَبَيۡتَهَاۚ قُلۡ إِنَّمَآ أَتَّبِعُ مَا يُوحَىٰٓ إِلَيَّ مِن رَّبِّيۚ هَٰذَا بَصَآئِرُ مِن رَّبِّكُمۡ وَهُدٗى وَرَحۡمَةٞ لِّقَوۡمٖ يُؤۡمِنُونَ ٢٠٣

And when you, [O Muḥammad], do not bring them a sign [i.e., miracle], they say, "Why have you not contrived it?" Say, "I only follow what is revealed to me from my Lord. This [Qur’ān] is enlightenment from your Lord and guidance and mercy for a people who believe."

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَإِذَاAnd whenwa-idhā
  2. لَمۡnotlam
  3. تَأۡتِهِمyou bring themtatihim
  4. بِـَٔايَةٖa Signbiāyatin
  5. قَالُواْthey sayqālū
  6. لَوۡلَاWhy (have) notlawlā
  7. ٱجۡتَبَيۡتَهَاۚyou devised itij'tabaytahā
  8. قُلۡSayqul
  9. إِنَّمَآOnlyinnamā
  10. أَتَّبِعُI followattabiʿu
  11. مَاwhatmā
  12. يُوحَىٰٓis revealedyūḥā
  13. إِلَيَّto meilayya
  14. مِنfrommin
  15. رَّبِّيۚmy Lordrabbī
  16. هَٰذَاThis (is)hādhā
  17. بَصَآئِرُenlightenmentbaṣāiru
  18. مِنfrommin
  19. رَّبِّكُمۡyour Lordrabbikum
  20. وَهُدٗىand guidancewahudan
  21. وَرَحۡمَةٞand mercywaraḥmatun
  22. لِّقَوۡمٖfor a peopleliqawmin
  23. يُؤۡمِنُونَwho believeyu'minūna

Tafsir

And If you O Messenger come with a sign, they reject it and turn away from it; and if you do not come to them with a sign, they ask why he did not produce one. Say to them O Messenger: 'It is not up to me to just come with a sign. Rather, I only follow what was revealed to me from Allah: the Qur’ān which I recite to you, an evidence and proof from Allah your Creator, the arranger of your lives, a guidance and mercy for the believers among His creation. As for those who do not have faith, then they are lost and wretched.'

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