سُوْرَةُ اِبْرَاهِيْمَ
Surah Ibrahim (14) — Ayah 10
۞ قَالَتْ رُسُلُهُمْ أَفِى ٱللَّهِ شَكٌّ فَاطِرِ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۖ يَدْعُوكُمْ لِيَغْفِرَ لَكُم مِّن ذُنُوبِكُمْ وَيُؤَخِّرَكُمْ إِلَىٰٓ أَجَلٍ مُّسَمًّى ۚ قَالُوٓا۟ إِنْ أَنتُمْ إِلَّا بَشَرٌ مِّثْلُنَا تُرِيدُونَ أَن تَصُدُّونَا عَمَّا كَانَ يَعْبُدُ ءَابَآؤُنَا فَأْتُونَا بِسُلْطَـٰنٍ مُّبِينٍ ﴿10﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
Their Messengers said: "What! Can there be a doubt about Allâh, the Creator of the heavens and the earth? He calls you (to Monotheism and to be obedient to Allâh) that He may forgive you of your sins and give you respite for a term appointed." They said: "You are no more than human beings like us! You wish to turn us away from what our fathers used to worship. Then bring us a clear authority (i.e. a clear proof of what you say)."
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
۞ قَالَتْ
qālat
Said
رُسُلُهُمْ
rusuluhum
their Messengers
أَفِى
afī
Can (there) be about
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
Allah
شَكٌّۭ
shakkun
any doubt
فَاطِرِ
fāṭiri
(the) Creator
ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ
l-samāwāti
(of) the heavens
وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۖ
wal-arḍi
and the earth
يَدْعُوكُمْ
yadʿūkum
He invites you
لِيَغْفِرَ
liyaghfira
so that He may forgive
لَكُم
lakum
for you
مِّن
min
[of]
ذُنُوبِكُمْ
dhunūbikum
your sins
وَيُؤَخِّرَكُمْ
wayu-akhirakum
and give you respite
إِلَىٰٓ
ilā
for
أَجَلٍۢ
ajalin
a term
مُّسَمًّۭى ۚ
musamman
appointed
قَالُوٓا۟
qālū
They said
إِنْ
in
Not
أَنتُمْ
antum
you
إِلَّا
illā
(are) but
بَشَرٌۭ
basharun
a human
مِّثْلُنَا
mith'lunā
like us
تُرِيدُونَ
turīdūna
you wish
أَن
an
to
تَصُدُّونَا
taṣuddūnā
hinder us
عَمَّا
ʿammā
from what
كَانَ
kāna
used to
يَعْبُدُ
yaʿbudu
worship
ءَابَآؤُنَا
ābāunā
our forefathers
فَأْتُونَا
fatūnā
So bring us
بِسُلْطَـٰنٍۢ
bisul'ṭānin
an authority
مُّبِينٍۢ
mubīnin
clear
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10. Their messengers said: "Is there any doubt about Allah, the Creator of the heavens and the earth? He calls you so that He may forgive your sins and grant you respite for a specified term [14]." They replied, "You are but humans like us; you want to turn us away from what our forefathers worshipped. So bring us a clear miracle [15]."
[14]
Doubt About Allah:
Whether they are the polytheists of Makkah, the people of previous nations, or those of the present era, all of them certainly believe that the Creator of the heavens and the earth, that is, this entire universe, is Allah Almighty. On the basis of this very point, the prophets have always asked the polytheists: when Allah Almighty is the Creator and Owner of all things, it means that all authority and control also belong to Allah alone. Then how did your deities come to possess any authority or control? Therefore, abandon these deities and turn towards monotheism, and if you adopt this path, Allah will forgive all your sins. But if you do not believe in His invitation, He will grant you some respite so that you may reflect well upon your condition and reform yourselves. And if you still do not come to your senses, He will destroy you.
[15]
The Polytheists’ Response to the Prophets:
The responses of the polytheists to the prophets’ invitation have also always been the same. For example, one is that you are only human beings like us. You eat, drink, sleep, have wives and children, walk about, feel hunger, thirst, pain, illness, heat, and cold just like us, and every human weakness is present in you as it is in us. Then how can we accept that angels come to you and converse with you, and that you are Allah’s messenger? Then, since such polytheists’ thinking does not go beyond worldly interests, their second response has been that you want to remove us from the religion of our forefathers and present a new religion in order to establish your own leadership. So we are not ready to abandon the religion of our forefathers, nor can we leave those deities whom our ancestors worshipped. And their third response has been that we are not ready to accept your words until you show us some tangible miracle or present such a clear proof by which we can be certain of the truth of your claim to prophethood.
[14]
Doubt About Allah:
Whether they are the polytheists of Makkah, the people of previous nations, or those of the present era, all of them certainly believe that the Creator of the heavens and the earth, that is, this entire universe, is Allah Almighty. On the basis of this very point, the prophets have always asked the polytheists: when Allah Almighty is the Creator and Owner of all things, it means that all authority and control also belong to Allah alone. Then how did your deities come to possess any authority or control? Therefore, abandon these deities and turn towards monotheism, and if you adopt this path, Allah will forgive all your sins. But if you do not believe in His invitation, He will grant you some respite so that you may reflect well upon your condition and reform yourselves. And if you still do not come to your senses, He will destroy you.
[15]
The Polytheists’ Response to the Prophets:
The responses of the polytheists to the prophets’ invitation have also always been the same. For example, one is that you are only human beings like us. You eat, drink, sleep, have wives and children, walk about, feel hunger, thirst, pain, illness, heat, and cold just like us, and every human weakness is present in you as it is in us. Then how can we accept that angels come to you and converse with you, and that you are Allah’s messenger? Then, since such polytheists’ thinking does not go beyond worldly interests, their second response has been that you want to remove us from the religion of our forefathers and present a new religion in order to establish your own leadership. So we are not ready to abandon the religion of our forefathers, nor can we leave those deities whom our ancestors worshipped. And their third response has been that we are not ready to accept your words until you show us some tangible miracle or present such a clear proof by which we can be certain of the truth of your claim to prophethood.
