سُوْرَةُ هُوْدٍ
Surah Hud (11) — Ayah 35
أَمْ يَقُولُونَ ٱفْتَرَىٰهُ ۖ قُلْ إِنِ ٱفْتَرَيْتُهُۥ فَعَلَىَّ إِجْرَامِى وَأَنَا۠ بَرِىٓءٌ مِّمَّا تُجْرِمُونَ ﴿35﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
Or they (the pagans of Makkah) say: "He (Muhammad صلى الله عليه و سلم) has fabricated it (the Qur’ân)." Say: "If I have fabricated it, upon me be my crimes, but I am innocent of (all) those crimes which you commit."
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
أَمْ
am
Or
يَقُولُونَ
yaqūlūna
(do) they say
ٱفْتَرَىٰهُ ۖ
if'tarāhu
He has invented it
قُلْ
qul
Say
إِنِ
ini
If
ٱفْتَرَيْتُهُۥ
if'taraytuhu
I have invented it
فَعَلَىَّ
faʿalayya
then on me
إِجْرَامِى
ij'rāmī
(is) my crime
وَأَنَا۠
wa-anā
but I am
بَرِىٓءٌۭ
barīon
innocent
مِّمَّا
mimmā
of what
تُجْرِمُونَ
tuj'rimūna
crimes you commit
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan — Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan is a well-known Quran commentary by Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar from Pakistan. This tafsir explains the meanings of the Quran in accordance with the methodology of the Salaf (early righteous generations), relying on authentic sources and straightforward language. Due to its reliability and adherence to sound Islamic scholarship, the Saudi government publishes and distributes this tafsir among the Hujjaj (pilgrims) visiting the Haramain. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.
35. 1. According to some commentators, this conversation took place between the people of Noah and Prophet Noah (عليه السلام), while others believe that this sentence is an interjected statement referring to the conversation between the Prophet ﷺ and the polytheists of Makkah. The meaning is that if this Qur'an is fabricated by me and I am lying by attributing it to Allah, then it is my crime, and I alone will bear its punishment. But what you are doing, from which I am free, are you aware of that? Its consequences will not fall upon me, but upon you—are you at all concerned about that?
