Translation of the Meanings of the Noble Qur'an - English Translation - Dr. Waleed Bleyhesh Omary * - Translations’ Index
Translation of the meanings Ayah: (73) Surah: Al-Isrā’
وَإِن كَادُواْ لَيَفۡتِنُونَكَ عَنِ ٱلَّذِيٓ أَوۡحَيۡنَآ إِلَيۡكَ لِتَفۡتَرِيَ عَلَيۡنَا غَيۡرَهُۥۖ وَإِذٗا لَّٱتَّخَذُوكَ خَلِيلٗا
(73) [3657]They would have well swayed you ˹Muhammad˺ from what We have revealed to you[3658], so that you may fabricate another ascribing it to Us; and hence they would have taken you as a bosom friend.
[3657] Those who are blind in this life will stop at nothing to misguide the guided; so they have to be on their guard (cf. al-Rāzī, al-Biqāʿī, Naẓm al-Durar, Ibn ʿĀshūr). This passage sheds light on how hectic matters were in Makkah as that period drew to a close before the Noble Messenger’s (ﷺ) migration to Madinah.
[3658] This is differently interpreted by scholars. While some see that they have come close to achieving this aim in nothing but their own imagination, others propound that, being keen on them embracing the Call, it crossed his mind to assent to what they asked him for (cf. al-Shinqīṭī, Aḍwā’ al-Bayān).
However, in the considered opinion of Abū Ḥayyān, al-Shinqīṭī and Ibn ʿĀshūr, this second reading is not to be considered valid at all. Indeed, in another aya it is said that they asked him for the same and he (ﷺ) resolutely refused to comply: “When Our Signs, distinctly evident, are recited to them, those who hope not in meeting Us say: “Come up you ˹Muhammad˺ with a Qur’an different from this one, or ˹else˺ modify it!” Say: “It is not for me to modify it out of my own accord! I only follow what is revealed to me! Indeed I fear – should I disobey my Lord – the Punishment of a Great Day!” (10: 15)
The Message is to be strictly adhered to with no deviations, however small they are.
[3658] This is differently interpreted by scholars. While some see that they have come close to achieving this aim in nothing but their own imagination, others propound that, being keen on them embracing the Call, it crossed his mind to assent to what they asked him for (cf. al-Shinqīṭī, Aḍwā’ al-Bayān).
However, in the considered opinion of Abū Ḥayyān, al-Shinqīṭī and Ibn ʿĀshūr, this second reading is not to be considered valid at all. Indeed, in another aya it is said that they asked him for the same and he (ﷺ) resolutely refused to comply: “When Our Signs, distinctly evident, are recited to them, those who hope not in meeting Us say: “Come up you ˹Muhammad˺ with a Qur’an different from this one, or ˹else˺ modify it!” Say: “It is not for me to modify it out of my own accord! I only follow what is revealed to me! Indeed I fear – should I disobey my Lord – the Punishment of a Great Day!” (10: 15)
The Message is to be strictly adhered to with no deviations, however small they are.
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:
Translation of the meanings Ayah: (73) Surah: Al-Isrā’
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.