سُوْرَةُ طٰهٰ
Surah Taa-Haa (20) — Ayah 72
قَالُوا۟ لَن نُّؤْثِرَكَ عَلَىٰ مَا جَآءَنَا مِنَ ٱلْبَيِّنَـٰتِ وَٱلَّذِى فَطَرَنَا ۖ فَٱقْضِ مَآ أَنتَ قَاضٍ ۖ إِنَّمَا تَقْضِى هَـٰذِهِ ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَآ ﴿72﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
They said: "We prefer you not over what have come to us of the clear signs and to Him (Allâh) Who created us. So decree whatever you desire to decree, for you can only decree (regarding) this life of the world.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
قَالُوا۟
qālū
They said
لَن
lan
Never
نُّؤْثِرَكَ
nu'thiraka
we will prefer you
عَلَىٰ
ʿalā
over
مَا
mā
what
جَآءَنَا
jāanā
has come to us
مِنَ
mina
of
ٱلْبَيِّنَـٰتِ
l-bayināti
the clear proofs
وَٱلَّذِى
wa-alladhī
and the One Who
فَطَرَنَا ۖ
faṭaranā
created us
فَٱقْضِ
fa-iq'ḍi
So decree
مَآ
mā
whatever
أَنتَ
anta
you
قَاضٍ ۖ
qāḍin
(are) decreeing
إِنَّمَا
innamā
Only
تَقْضِى
taqḍī
you can decree
هَـٰذِهِ
hādhihi
(for) this
ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ
l-ḥayata
life
ٱلدُّنْيَآ
l-dun'yā
(of) the world
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.
72. 1. This translation applies when "والذی فطرنا" is connected to "ما جاءنا", and this is also Sahih. However, some commentators have considered it an oath. That is, "By the One who created us, we will not prefer you over those proofs that have come before us."
