سُوْرَةُ اِبْرَاهِيْمَ
Surah Ibrahim (14) — Ayah 10
۞ قَالَتْ رُسُلُهُمْ أَفِى ٱللَّهِ شَكٌّ فَاطِرِ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۖ يَدْعُوكُمْ لِيَغْفِرَ لَكُم مِّن ذُنُوبِكُمْ وَيُؤَخِّرَكُمْ إِلَىٰٓ أَجَلٍ مُّسَمًّى ۚ قَالُوٓا۟ إِنْ أَنتُمْ إِلَّا بَشَرٌ مِّثْلُنَا تُرِيدُونَ أَن تَصُدُّونَا عَمَّا كَانَ يَعْبُدُ ءَابَآؤُنَا فَأْتُونَا بِسُلْطَـٰنٍ مُّبِينٍ ﴿10﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
Their Messengers said: "What! Can there be a doubt about Allâh, the Creator of the heavens and the earth? He calls you (to Monotheism and to be obedient to Allâh) that He may forgive you of your sins and give you respite for a term appointed." They said: "You are no more than human beings like us! You wish to turn us away from what our fathers used to worship. Then bring us a clear authority (i.e. a clear proof of what you say)."
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
۞ قَالَتْ
qālat
Said
رُسُلُهُمْ
rusuluhum
their Messengers
أَفِى
afī
Can (there) be about
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
Allah
شَكٌّۭ
shakkun
any doubt
فَاطِرِ
fāṭiri
(the) Creator
ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ
l-samāwāti
(of) the heavens
وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۖ
wal-arḍi
and the earth
يَدْعُوكُمْ
yadʿūkum
He invites you
لِيَغْفِرَ
liyaghfira
so that He may forgive
لَكُم
lakum
for you
مِّن
min
[of]
ذُنُوبِكُمْ
dhunūbikum
your sins
وَيُؤَخِّرَكُمْ
wayu-akhirakum
and give you respite
إِلَىٰٓ
ilā
for
أَجَلٍۢ
ajalin
a term
مُّسَمًّۭى ۚ
musamman
appointed
قَالُوٓا۟
qālū
They said
إِنْ
in
Not
أَنتُمْ
antum
you
إِلَّا
illā
(are) but
بَشَرٌۭ
basharun
a human
مِّثْلُنَا
mith'lunā
like us
تُرِيدُونَ
turīdūna
you wish
أَن
an
to
تَصُدُّونَا
taṣuddūnā
hinder us
عَمَّا
ʿammā
from what
كَانَ
kāna
used to
يَعْبُدُ
yaʿbudu
worship
ءَابَآؤُنَا
ābāunā
our forefathers
فَأْتُونَا
fatūnā
So bring us
بِسُلْطَـٰنٍۢ
bisul'ṭānin
an authority
مُّبِينٍۢ
mubīnin
clear
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.
10. 1. That is, do you have doubt about Allah, who is the Creator of the heavens and the earth? Moreover, he is inviting you to faith and monotheism only so that he may purify you from sins. Despite this, you are not ready to accept this Creator of the earth and the sky, and you are rejecting his invitation?
10. 2. This is the same objection that the disbelievers have always raised: how can a human being be worthy of receiving divine revelation and prophethood and messengership?
10. 3. This is the second obstacle: how can we abandon the worship of those deities whom our forefathers used to worship? While your purpose is to turn us away from their worship and direct us to the worship of Allah alone.
10. 4. Every prophet was accompanied by proofs and miracles; by this is meant such a proof or miracle that they longed to see, just as the polytheists of Makkah demanded various kinds of miracles from the Prophet ﷺ, which will be mentioned in Bani Israel.
10. 2. This is the same objection that the disbelievers have always raised: how can a human being be worthy of receiving divine revelation and prophethood and messengership?
10. 3. This is the second obstacle: how can we abandon the worship of those deities whom our forefathers used to worship? While your purpose is to turn us away from their worship and direct us to the worship of Allah alone.
10. 4. Every prophet was accompanied by proofs and miracles; by this is meant such a proof or miracle that they longed to see, just as the polytheists of Makkah demanded various kinds of miracles from the Prophet ﷺ, which will be mentioned in Bani Israel.
