سُوْرَةُ الإِسۡرَاءِ
Surah Al-Israa (17) — Ayah 93
أَوْ يَكُونَ لَكَ بَيْتٌ مِّن زُخْرُفٍ أَوْ تَرْقَىٰ فِى ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَلَن نُّؤْمِنَ لِرُقِيِّكَ حَتَّىٰ تُنَزِّلَ عَلَيْنَا كِتَـٰبًا نَّقْرَؤُهُۥ ۗ قُلْ سُبْحَانَ رَبِّى هَلْ كُنتُ إِلَّا بَشَرًا رَّسُولًا ﴿93﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
"Or you have a house of Zukhruf (like silver and pure gold), or you ascend up into the sky, and even then we will put no faith in your ascension until you bring down for us a Book that we would read." Say (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه و سلم): "Glorified (and Exalted) be my Lord [(Allâh) above all that evil they (polytheists) associate with Him]! Am I anything but a man, sent as a Messenger?"
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
أَوْ
aw
Or
يَكُونَ
yakūna
is
لَكَ
laka
for you
بَيْتٌۭ
baytun
a house
مِّن
min
of
زُخْرُفٍ
zukh'rufin
ornament
أَوْ
aw
or
تَرْقَىٰ
tarqā
you ascend
فِى
fī
into
ٱلسَّمَآءِ
l-samāi
the sky
وَلَن
walan
And never
نُّؤْمِنَ
nu'mina
we will believe
لِرُقِيِّكَ
liruqiyyika
in your ascension
حَتَّىٰ
ḥattā
until
تُنَزِّلَ
tunazzila
you bring down
عَلَيْنَا
ʿalaynā
to us
كِتَـٰبًۭا
kitāban
a book
نَّقْرَؤُهُۥ ۗ
naqra-uhu
we could read it
قُلْ
qul
Say
سُبْحَانَ
sub'ḥāna
Glorified (is)
رَبِّى
rabbī
my Lord
هَلْ
hal
What
كُنتُ
kuntu
am I
إِلَّا
illā
but
بَشَرًۭا
basharan
a human
رَّسُولًۭا
rasūlan
a Messenger
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.
93. 1 The original meaning of زُخْرُف is adornment. مَزِخَرَفُ refers to an adorned thing. But here its meaning is gold.
93. 2 That is, each one of us could read it clearly by himself.
93. 3 The meaning is that my Lord possesses all kinds of power; if He wills, He can fulfill your demands in an instant with the word 'كُنْ'. But as far as I am concerned, I am (like you) a human being. Is any human being capable of the things you are demanding from me? Yes, along with this, I am also a Messenger of Allah. But the duty of a Messenger is only to convey Allah's message, and that I have conveyed and am conveying. Showing miracles at people's demands is not a part of Messengership. However, if Allah wills, for the sake of proving the truth of Messengership, a miracle or two may be shown, but if miracles start being shown according to people's wishes, then this process will never end—every person will desire to see a new miracle according to his own wish, and the Messenger will remain occupied with this task, and the real work of preaching and invitation will come to a halt. Therefore, the occurrence of miracles is only possible by Allah's will, and I too am not authorized to interfere in His will.
93. 2 That is, each one of us could read it clearly by himself.
93. 3 The meaning is that my Lord possesses all kinds of power; if He wills, He can fulfill your demands in an instant with the word 'كُنْ'. But as far as I am concerned, I am (like you) a human being. Is any human being capable of the things you are demanding from me? Yes, along with this, I am also a Messenger of Allah. But the duty of a Messenger is only to convey Allah's message, and that I have conveyed and am conveying. Showing miracles at people's demands is not a part of Messengership. However, if Allah wills, for the sake of proving the truth of Messengership, a miracle or two may be shown, but if miracles start being shown according to people's wishes, then this process will never end—every person will desire to see a new miracle according to his own wish, and the Messenger will remain occupied with this task, and the real work of preaching and invitation will come to a halt. Therefore, the occurrence of miracles is only possible by Allah's will, and I too am not authorized to interfere in His will.
