سُوْرَةُ الْعَنْكَبُوْتِ
Surah Al-Ankaboot (29) — Ayah 48
وَمَا كُنتَ تَتْلُوا۟ مِن قَبْلِهِۦ مِن كِتَـٰبٍ وَلَا تَخُطُّهُۥ بِيَمِينِكَ ۖ إِذًا لَّٱرْتَابَ ٱلْمُبْطِلُونَ ﴿48﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
Neither did you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) read any book before it (this Qur’ân), nor did you write any book (whatsoever) with your right hand. In that case, indeed, the followers of falsehood might have doubted.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
وَمَا
wamā
And not
كُنتَ
kunta
(did) you
تَتْلُوا۟
tatlū
recite
مِن
min
before it
قَبْلِهِۦ
qablihi
before it
مِن
min
any
كِتَـٰبٍۢ
kitābin
Book
وَلَا
walā
and not
تَخُطُّهُۥ
takhuṭṭuhu
(did) you write it
بِيَمِينِكَ ۖ
biyamīnika
with your right hand
إِذًۭا
idhan
in that case
لَّٱرْتَابَ
la-ir'tāba
surely (would) have doubted
ٱلْمُبْطِلُونَ
l-mub'ṭilūna
the falsifiers
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.
48-1. Because he was unlettered.
48-2. Because knowledge is also necessary for writing, which you had not acquired from anyone.
48-3. That is, if you had been literate or had learned something from a teacher, people would have said that this Qur'an is the result of help from so-and-so or of learning from him.
48-2. Because knowledge is also necessary for writing, which you had not acquired from anyone.
48-3. That is, if you had been literate or had learned something from a teacher, people would have said that this Qur'an is the result of help from so-and-so or of learning from him.
