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Al-Isra (The Night Journey)

Verse 73of 111

وَإِن كَادُوا۟ لَيَفْتِنُونَكَ عَنِ ٱلَّذِىٓ أَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَيْكَ لِتَفْتَرِىَ عَلَيْنَا غَيْرَهُۥ ۖ وَإِذًۭا لَّٱتَّخَذُوكَ خَلِيلًۭا﴿٧٣

Translation (Sahih International)

And indeed, they were about to tempt you away from that which We revealed to you in order to [make] you invent about Us something else; and then they would have taken you as a friend.

Word-by-word meaning

وَإِنwa-inAnd indeed
كَادُوا۟kādūthey were about (to)
لَيَفْتِنُونَكَlayaftinūnakatempt you away
عَنِʿanifrom
ٱلَّذِىٓalladhīthat which
أَوْحَيْنَآawḥaynāWe revealed
إِلَيْكَilaykato you
لِتَفْتَرِىَlitaftariyathat you invent
عَلَيْنَاʿalaynāabout Us
غَيْرَهُۥ ۖghayrahuother (than) it
وَإِذًۭاwa-idhanAnd then
لَّٱتَّخَذُوكَla-ittakhadhūkasurely they would take you
خَلِيلًۭاkhalīlan(as) a friend

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

How the Prophet would have been punished if He had given in at all to the Disbelievers' Demands that He change some of the RevelationAllah tells us how He supported His Prophet and protected him and kept him safe from the evil plots of the wicked transgressors. Allah is the One Who took care of him and helped him, and would not leave him to any of His creation.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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