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Al-Ahqaf (The Wind-Curved Sandhills)

Verse 8of 35

أَمْ يَقُولُونَ ٱفْتَرَىٰهُ ۖ قُلْ إِنِ ٱفْتَرَيْتُهُۥ فَلَا تَمْلِكُونَ لِى مِنَ ٱللَّهِ شَيْـًٔا ۖ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا تُفِيضُونَ فِيهِ ۖ كَفَىٰ بِهِۦ شَهِيدًۢا بَيْنِى وَبَيْنَكُمْ ۖ وَهُوَ ٱلْغَفُورُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ﴿٨

Translation (Sahih International)

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 Allah at all. He is most knowing of that in which you are involved. Sufficient is He as Witness between me and you, and He is the Forgiving the Merciful."

Word-by-word meaning

أَمْamOr
يَقُولُونَyaqūlūnathey say
ٱفْتَرَىٰهُ ۖif'tarāhuHe has invented it
قُلْqulSay
إِنِiniIf
ٱفْتَرَيْتُهُۥif'taraytuhuI have invented it
فَلَاfalāthen not
تَمْلِكُونَtamlikūnayou have power
لِىfor me
مِنَminaagainst
ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
شَيْـًٔا ۖshayananything
هُوَhuwaHe
أَعْلَمُaʿlamuknows best
بِمَاbimāof what
تُفِيضُونَtufīḍūnayou utter
فِيهِ ۖfīhiconcerning it
كَفَىٰkafāSufficient is He
بِهِۦbihiSufficient is He
شَهِيدًۢاshahīdan(as) a Witness
بَيْنِىbaynībetween me
وَبَيْنَكُمْ ۖwabaynakumand between you
وَهُوَwahuwaand He
ٱلْغَفُورُl-ghafūru(is) the Oft-Forgiving
ٱلرَّحِيمُl-raḥīmuthe Most Merciful

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Refuting Claims of the Idolators about the Qur'an and the MessengerConcerning the disbelief and rebellion of the idolators, Allah says that when the clear Ayat of Allah are recited to them they say;هَـذَا سِحْرٌ مُّبِينٌ(This is plain magic!) meaning, simple magic. In this statement of theirs, they have lied, invented a falsehood, went astray and disbelieved.أَمْ يَقُولُونَ افْتَرَاهُ(Or they say: "He has fabricated it." ) They are referring to Muhammad .

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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