Translation of the Meanings of the Noble Qur'an - English Translation - Abdullah Hasan Yaqoub * - Translations’ Index
وَإِذَا تُتۡلَىٰ عَلَيۡهِمۡ ءَايَاتُنَا بَيِّنَٰتٖ قَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يَرۡجُونَ لِقَآءَنَا ٱئۡتِ بِقُرۡءَانٍ غَيۡرِ هَٰذَآ أَوۡ بَدِّلۡهُۚ قُلۡ مَا يَكُونُ لِيٓ أَنۡ أُبَدِّلَهُۥ مِن تِلۡقَآيِٕ نَفۡسِيٓۖ إِنۡ أَتَّبِعُ إِلَّا مَا يُوحَىٰٓ إِلَيَّۖ إِنِّيٓ أَخَافُ إِنۡ عَصَيۡتُ رَبِّي عَذَابَ يَوۡمٍ عَظِيمٖ
15. When Our clear Verses are recited to them, those who do not expect Our Meeting say (to the Prophet): "Bring a Qur’an other than this or change it." Say: "It is not for me to change it of myself; I only follow that which is revealed to me. I fear, if I were to disobey (Allāh) my Lord, the torment of a grievous Day."
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:
قُل لَّوۡ شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ مَا تَلَوۡتُهُۥ عَلَيۡكُمۡ وَلَآ أَدۡرَىٰكُم بِهِۦۖ فَقَدۡ لَبِثۡتُ فِيكُمۡ عُمُرٗا مِّن قَبۡلِهِۦٓۚ أَفَلَا تَعۡقِلُونَ
16. Say (Muhammad), "If Allah had so willed I would not have recited it to you, nor would He have made it known to you. I have stayed a lifetime among you before it6. Do you not then understand?
6. I.e., forty years before receiving any revelation.
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:
وَيَعۡبُدُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ مَا لَا يَضُرُّهُمۡ وَلَا يَنفَعُهُمۡ وَيَقُولُونَ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ شُفَعَٰٓؤُنَا عِندَ ٱللَّهِۚ قُلۡ أَتُنَبِّـُٔونَ ٱللَّهَ بِمَا لَا يَعۡلَمُ فِي ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَلَا فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِۚ سُبۡحَٰنَهُۥ وَتَعَٰلَىٰ عَمَّا يُشۡرِكُونَ
18. They worship besides Allāh what can neither harm them nor benefit them, and they say: "These are our intercessors with Allāh." Say: "Do you (presume to) inform Allāh of what He knows not in the heavens and the earth?" Glory be to Him, and exalted be He above all that which they associate 'with Him as partners in worship'.
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:
وَمَا كَانَ ٱلنَّاسُ إِلَّآ أُمَّةٗ وَٰحِدَةٗ فَٱخۡتَلَفُواْۚ وَلَوۡلَا كَلِمَةٞ سَبَقَتۡ مِن رَّبِّكَ لَقُضِيَ بَيۡنَهُمۡ فِيمَا فِيهِ يَخۡتَلِفُونَ
19. Mankind were but a single nation7,
then they differed. Had it not been a Word that went forth before from (Allāh) your Lord, the matter would have been immediately settled between them about what 'therein' they differed.
then they differed. Had it not been a Word that went forth before from (Allāh) your Lord, the matter would have been immediately settled between them about what 'therein' they differed.
7. On one religion - Islamic Monotheism
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:
وَيَقُولُونَ لَوۡلَآ أُنزِلَ عَلَيۡهِ ءَايَةٞ مِّن رَّبِّهِۦۖ فَقُلۡ إِنَّمَا ٱلۡغَيۡبُ لِلَّهِ فَٱنتَظِرُوٓاْ إِنِّي مَعَكُم مِّنَ ٱلۡمُنتَظِرِينَ
20. And they say:"Why has no (other) miraculous sign been sent down to him from his Lord8?" Say: "Surely the Unseen belongs only to Allah". So wait, I am with you among those who wait."
8. To support his claim of being His messenger.
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:
Translation of the Meanings of the Noble Qur'an - English Translation - Abdullah Hasan Yaqoub - Translations’ Index
Translated by Abdullah Hasan Yaqoub