Translation of the meanings Ayah 114 Surah Al-An‘ām - English Translation - Dr. Waleed Bleyhesh Omary - The Noble Qur'an Encyclopedia

Ayah: 114

أَفَغَيۡرَ ٱللَّهِ أَبۡتَغِي حَكَمٗا وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِيٓ أَنزَلَ إِلَيۡكُمُ ٱلۡكِتَٰبَ مُفَصَّلٗاۚ وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَاتَيۡنَٰهُمُ ٱلۡكِتَٰبَ يَعۡلَمُونَ أَنَّهُۥ مُنَزَّلٞ مِّن رَّبِّكَ بِٱلۡحَقِّۖ فَلَا تَكُونَنَّ مِنَ ٱلۡمُمۡتَرِينَ

(114) Would I ˹then˺ want a judge apart from Allah, while He sent you the Book, detailed?^[1469] Those to whom We gave the Book^[1470] know that it ˹the Qur’an˺ is sent down from your Lord with the Truth—be not then among the doubters.

[1469] All matters of dispute are to be referred to God alone and judged against the Heavenly revealed yardstick, the Qur’an: “And We sent down to you ˹Muhammad˺ the Book as a clarification of all things, and as a guidance and a mercy and glad tidings for those who ˹wholly˺ submit” (16: 89); “Mankind was one nation, then Allah sent the Prophets bearing good tidings and cautioning, and He sent down with them the Book with Truth so as to arbitrate between people in what they dispute over” (2: 213).
[1470] The Jews who were given the Torah and the Christians who were given the Evangel, and who were considered with respect as authorities on such matters in Arabia at that time, fully knew that Prophet Muhammad (ﷺ) was truthful and that the Qur’an is God’s Word, even if they did not openly admit it (cf. al-Ṭabarī, Ibn Kathīr, Ibn Taymiyyah, Dar’ Taʿāruḍ al-ʿAql wa al-Naql, al-Saʿdī): “But if you are in doubt as to what We have revealed to you ˹Muhammad˺, ask those who read the Book before you; certainly the Truth has come to you from your Lord, therefore you should not be of the doubters” (10: 94).