سُوْرَةُ الْاَعْرَافِ
Surah Al-A'raaf (7) — Ayah 89
قَدِ ٱفْتَرَيْنَا عَلَى ٱللَّهِ كَذِبًا إِنْ عُدْنَا فِى مِلَّتِكُم بَعْدَ إِذْ نَجَّىٰنَا ٱللَّهُ مِنْهَا ۚ وَمَا يَكُونُ لَنَآ أَن نَّعُودَ فِيهَآ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّنَا ۚ وَسِعَ رَبُّنَا كُلَّ شَىْءٍ عِلْمًا ۚ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ تَوَكَّلْنَا ۚ رَبَّنَا ٱفْتَحْ بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَ قَوْمِنَا بِٱلْحَقِّ وَأَنتَ خَيْرُ ٱلْفَـٰتِحِينَ ﴿89﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
"We should have invented a lie against Allâh if we returned to your religion, after Allâh has rescued us from it. And it is not for us to return to it unless Allâh, our Lord, should will. Our Lord comprehends all things in His Knowledge. In Allâh (Alone) we put our trust. Our Lord! Judge between us and our people in truth, for You are the Best of those who give judgment."
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
قَدِ
qadi
Verily
ٱفْتَرَيْنَا
if'taraynā
we would have fabricated
عَلَى
ʿalā
against
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
Allah
كَذِبًا
kadhiban
a lie
إِنْ
in
if
عُدْنَا
ʿud'nā
we returned
فِى
fī
in
مِلَّتِكُم
millatikum
your religion
بَعْدَ
baʿda
after
إِذْ
idh
[when]
نَجَّىٰنَا
najjānā
saved us
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
Allah
مِنْهَا ۚ
min'hā
from it
وَمَا
wamā
And not
يَكُونُ
yakūnu
it is
لَنَآ
lanā
for us
أَن
an
that
نَّعُودَ
naʿūda
we return
فِيهَآ
fīhā
in it
إِلَّآ
illā
except
أَن
an
that
يَشَآءَ
yashāa
wills
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
Allah
رَبُّنَا ۚ
rabbunā
our Lord
وَسِعَ
wasiʿa
Encompasses
رَبُّنَا
rabbunā
(by) Our Lord
كُلَّ
kulla
every
شَىْءٍ
shayin
thing
عِلْمًا ۚ
ʿil'man
(in) knowledge
عَلَى
ʿalā
Upon
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
Allah
تَوَكَّلْنَا ۚ
tawakkalnā
we put our trust
رَبَّنَا
rabbanā
Our Lord
ٱفْتَحْ
if'taḥ
Decide
بَيْنَنَا
baynanā
between us
وَبَيْنَ
wabayna
and between
قَوْمِنَا
qawminā
our people
بِٱلْحَقِّ
bil-ḥaqi
in truth
وَأَنتَ
wa-anta
and You
خَيْرُ
khayru
(are the) Best
ٱلْفَـٰتِحِينَ
l-fātiḥīna
(of) those who Decide
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.
89. 1. That is, if we were to return to this ancestral religion from which Allah has saved us, it would mean that by calling to faith and monotheism, we had fabricated a lie against Allah? The meaning was that it is simply not possible for us to do such a thing.
98. 2. After expressing their determination, they entrusted the matter to Allah’s will. That is, by our own consent, we cannot return to disbelief now. However, if Allah wills, then that is another matter.
89. 3. That He will keep us steadfast upon faith and will place a barrier between us and disbelief and the people of disbelief, will complete His favor upon us, and will protect us from His punishment.
98. 2. After expressing their determination, they entrusted the matter to Allah’s will. That is, by our own consent, we cannot return to disbelief now. However, if Allah wills, then that is another matter.
89. 3. That He will keep us steadfast upon faith and will place a barrier between us and disbelief and the people of disbelief, will complete His favor upon us, and will protect us from His punishment.
