Translation of the Meanings of the Noble Qur'an - English Translation - Dr. Waleed Bleyhesh Omary * - Translations’ Index
Translation of the meanings Ayah: (37) Surah: Yūnus
وَمَا كَانَ هَٰذَا ٱلۡقُرۡءَانُ أَن يُفۡتَرَىٰ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ وَلَٰكِن تَصۡدِيقَ ٱلَّذِي بَيۡنَ يَدَيۡهِ وَتَفۡصِيلَ ٱلۡكِتَٰبِ لَا رَيۡبَ فِيهِ مِن رَّبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ
(37) [2371]This Qur’an would never have been devised without Allah[2372]; but ˹it is˺ a confirmation of what came before it[2373] and a detailing of the Book[2374]. There is no doubt in it; ˹it is˺ from the Lord of all beings.
[2371] The following few passages deal with another article of Faith over which the Believing and Denying camps differed, i.e. Prophet Muhammad’s (ﷺ) Messengership and the Truth of the Message (cf. al-Shawkānī).
[2372] This also alludes to their preposterous demand from the Prophet (ﷺ), as in Aya 15 above, to come up with another Qur’an or to modify it (cf. Abū Ḥayyān).
[2373] What came before it (al-ladhī bayna yadayhi) are the earlier revealed Scriptures (cf. al-Ṭabarī, al-Wāḥidī, al-Basīṭ, Ibn ʿAṭiyyah): “And We sent down to you ˹Muhammad˺ the Book with the Truth, confirming that which preceded it of the Book and a ˹supreme˺ authority over it ˹all˺” (5: 48).
[2374] This could mean that the Qur’an contains complete details of what God ordained (kataba, lit. wrote) for the Believers (cf. al-Ṭabarī, Ibn Kathīr, al-Saʿdī): “This ˹Qur’an˺ was not to be made up speech, but a confirmation of that which came before it and a detailing of everything; a guidance and mercy for folks who Believe” (12: 111). It could also mean that the Qur’an explains what earlier Scriptures contained (cf. al-Qurṭubī, Ibn ʿĀshūr): “People of the Book, here is Our Messenger coming to you to reveal to you much of what you used to hide of the Book and overlooks much—indeed there has come to you a Light from Allah and a clarifying Book” (5: 15).
[2372] This also alludes to their preposterous demand from the Prophet (ﷺ), as in Aya 15 above, to come up with another Qur’an or to modify it (cf. Abū Ḥayyān).
[2373] What came before it (al-ladhī bayna yadayhi) are the earlier revealed Scriptures (cf. al-Ṭabarī, al-Wāḥidī, al-Basīṭ, Ibn ʿAṭiyyah): “And We sent down to you ˹Muhammad˺ the Book with the Truth, confirming that which preceded it of the Book and a ˹supreme˺ authority over it ˹all˺” (5: 48).
[2374] This could mean that the Qur’an contains complete details of what God ordained (kataba, lit. wrote) for the Believers (cf. al-Ṭabarī, Ibn Kathīr, al-Saʿdī): “This ˹Qur’an˺ was not to be made up speech, but a confirmation of that which came before it and a detailing of everything; a guidance and mercy for folks who Believe” (12: 111). It could also mean that the Qur’an explains what earlier Scriptures contained (cf. al-Qurṭubī, Ibn ʿĀshūr): “People of the Book, here is Our Messenger coming to you to reveal to you much of what you used to hide of the Book and overlooks much—indeed there has come to you a Light from Allah and a clarifying Book” (5: 15).
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:
Translation of the meanings Ayah: (37) Surah: Yūnus
Translation of the Meanings of the Noble Qur'an - English Translation - Dr. Waleed Bleyhesh Omary - Translations’ Index
Translation of the meanings of the Noble Qur’an into English - in progress - translated by Dr. Walid Bleihesh Al-Omari.