Surah Al-Ahqaf 46:8 — translation and meaning

الأحقاف · Verse 8 / 35 · Page 503

ۖ ۖ ۖ ۖ أَمْ يَقُولُونَ افْتَرَاهُ قُلْ إِنِ افْتَرَيْتُهُ فَلَا تَمْلِكُونَ لِي مِنَ اللَّهِ شَيْئًا هُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا تُفِيضُونَ فِيهِ كَفَى بِهِ شَهِيدًا بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَكُمْ وَهُوَ الْغَفُورُ الرَّحِيمُ

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أَمْ
am
Or
يَقُولُونَ
yaquluna
they say
افْتَرَاهُ
if'tarahu
He has invented it
قُلْ
qul
Say
إِنِ
ini
If
افْتَرَيْتُهُ
if'taraytuhu
I have invented it
فَلَا
fala
then not
تَمْلِكُونَ
tamlikuna
you have power
لِي
li
for me
مِنَ
mina
against
اللَّهِ
al-lahi
Allah
شَيْئًا
shayan
anything
هُوَ
huwa
He
أَعْلَمُ
a'lamu
knows best
بِمَا
bima
of what
تُفِيضُونَ
tufiduna
you utter
فِيهِ
fihi
concerning it
كَفَى
kafa
Sufficient is He
بِهِ
bihi
Sufficient is He
شَهِيدًا
shahidan
(as) a Witness
بَيْنِي
bayni
between me
وَبَيْنَكُمْ
wabaynakum
and between you
وَهُوَ
wahuwa
and He
الْغَفُورُ
al-ghafuru
(is) the Oft-Forgiving
الرَّحِيمُ
al-rahimu
the Most Merciful

Transliteration

Am yaqooloonaf taraahu qul inif taraituhoo falaa tamlikoona lee minal laahi shai'an Huwa a'lamu bimaa tufeedoona feehi kafaa bihee shaheedam bainee wa bainakum wa Huwal Ghafoorur Raheem

Translation

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."

Verse interpretation (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”.

Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.

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