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Quran 16:35

Surah An-Nahl, Verse 35

Juz 14 · Page 271 · Ruku 228 · Meccan

وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ أَشْرَكُوا۟ لَوْ شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ مَا عَبَدْنَا مِن دُونِهِۦ مِن شَىْءٍ نَّحْنُ وَلَآ ءَابَآؤُنَا وَلَا حَرَّمْنَا مِن دُونِهِۦ مِن شَىْءٍ كَذَٰلِكَ فَعَلَ ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ فَهَلْ عَلَى ٱلرُّسُلِ إِلَّا ٱلْبَلَٰغُ ٱلْمُبِينُ

Word by word

وَقَالَ waqāla And said ٱلَّذِينَ alladhīna those who أَشْرَكُوا۟ ashrakū associate partners (with Allah) لَوْ law If شَآءَ shāa Allah (had) willed ٱللَّهُ l-lahu Allah (had) willed مَا mā not عَبَدْنَا ʿabadnā we (would) have worshipped مِن min other than Him دُونِهِۦ dūnihi other than Him مِن min any شَىْءٍۢ shayin thing نَّحْنُ naḥnu we وَلَآ walā and not ءَابَآؤُنَا ābāunā our forefathers وَلَا walā and not حَرَّمْنَا ḥarramnā we (would) have forbidden مِن min other than Him دُونِهِۦ dūnihi other than Him مِن min anything شَىْءٍۢ ۚ shayin anything كَذَٰلِكَ kadhālika Thus فَعَلَ faʿala did ٱلَّذِينَ alladhīna those who مِن min (were) before them قَبْلِهِمْ ۚ qablihim (were) before them فَهَلْ fahal Then is (there) عَلَى ʿalā on ٱلرُّسُلِ l-rusuli the messengers إِلَّا illā except ٱلْبَلَـٰغُ l-balāghu the conveyance ٱلْمُبِينُ l-mubīnu clear

Transliteration

Waqala allatheena ashrakoo lawshaa Allahu ma AAabadna min doonihimin shay-in nahnu wala abaonawala harramna min doonihi min shay-in kathalikafaAAala allatheena min qablihim fahal AAala arrusuliilla albalaghu almubeen

Translations

Pickthall — Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

And the idolaters say: Had Allah willed, we had not worshipped aught beside Him, we and our fathers, nor had we forbidden aught without (command from) Him. Even so did those before them. Are the messengers charged with aught save plain conveyance (of the message)?

Yusuf Ali — Abdullah Yusuf Ali

The worshippers of false gods say: "If Allah had so willed, we should not have worshipped aught but Him - neither we nor our fathers,- nor should we have prescribed prohibitions other than His." So did those who went before them. But what is the mission of messengers but to preach the Clear Message?

تفسير ابن كثير — Ismail ibn Kathir

يخبر تعالى عن اغترار المشركين بما هم فيه من الشرك واعتذارهم محتجين بالقدر ، في قولهم : ( لو شاء الله ما عبدنا من دونه من شيء نحن ولا آباؤنا ولا حرمنا من دونه من شيء ) أي : من البحائر والسوائب والوصائل وغير ذلك ، مما كانوا ابتدعوه واخترعوه من تلقاء أنفسهم ، ما لم ينزل الله به سلطانا .

ومضمون كلامهم : أنه لو كان تعالى كارها لما فعلنا لأنكره علينا بالعقوبة ولما مكنا منه . قال الله رادا عليهم شبهتهم : ( فهل على الرسل إلا البلاغ المبين ) أي : ليس الأمر كما تزعمون أنه لم يعيره عليكم ولم ينكره ، بل قد أنكره عليكم أشد الإنكار ، ونهاكم عنه آكد النهي ،

Arabic text: Tanzil Uthmani 1.1 — Tanzil — non-commercial redistribution with attribution.
Translation: Pickthall by Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall — Public domain.
Translation: Yusuf Ali by Abdullah Yusuf Ali — Public domain.
Commentary: تفسير ابن كثير — Public domain.
Word-by-word data via Quran Foundation. Linguistic annotation: the Quranic Arabic Corpus.