سُوْرَةُ الْاَنْعَامِ
Surah Al-An'aam (6) — Ayah 9
وَلَوْ جَعَلْنَـٰهُ مَلَكًا لَّجَعَلْنَـٰهُ رَجُلًا وَلَلَبَسْنَا عَلَيْهِم مَّا يَلْبِسُونَ ﴿9﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
And had We appointed him an angel, We indeed would have made him a man, and We would have certainly confused them in which they are already confused (i.e. the Message of Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم).
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
وَلَوْ
walaw
And if
جَعَلْنَـٰهُ
jaʿalnāhu
We had made him
مَلَكًۭا
malakan
an Angel
لَّجَعَلْنَـٰهُ
lajaʿalnāhu
certainly We (would) have made him
رَجُلًۭا
rajulan
a man
وَلَلَبَسْنَا
walalabasnā
and certainly We (would) have obscured
عَلَيْهِم
ʿalayhim
to them
مَّا
mā
what
يَلْبِسُونَ
yalbisūna
they are obscuring
Tafsir al-Quran al-Karim — Hafiz Abdus Salam Bin Muhammad Bhutvi
Tafsir al-Quran al-Karim is a 4-volume Quran commentary by Hafiz Abdus Salam bin Muhammad Bhutvi, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar and Sheikh ul-Hadith from Pakistan. Based on over 45 years of teaching and research, this tafsir follows the methodology of Tafsir bil-Ma'thur — interpreting the Quran through authentic Hadith, statements of the Companions, and the understanding of the early generations (Salaf). It is distinguished by its complete avoidance of Israeliyyat (Judeo-Christian narratives) and unverified reports. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.
(Ayah 9) {وَ لَوْ جَعَلْنٰهُ مَلَكًا … :} This is the second answer to the objection of the disbelievers, that is, even if we accepted their demand and sent down an angel, he would also come in human form, because they cannot see him in his original form, and when he would come in the form of a man, then they would raise the same objection as they are raising now. The disbelievers of that time were not ready to accept any human as a prophet, because you (ﷺ) were from their own people, grew up before them, and lived among them, so they could not deny your being a human, therefore they denied your prophethood. Now some people accept you (ﷺ) as a prophet, but are not ready to accept you as a human. Thus, these are two forms of the same belief, and both are false, whereas Allah has counted it as a favor that I sent a messenger from among themselves. See Surah Al-Imran (164).
