سُوْرَةُ الطُّوْرِ
Surah At-Tur (52) — Ayah 32
أَمْ تَأْمُرُهُمْ أَحْلَـٰمُهُم بِهَـٰذَآ ۚ أَمْ هُمْ قَوْمٌ طَاغُونَ ﴿32﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
Do their minds command them this [i.e. to tell a lie against you (Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم)] or are they people transgressing all bounds?
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
أَمْ
am
Or
تَأْمُرُهُمْ
tamuruhum
command them
أَحْلَـٰمُهُم
aḥlāmuhum
their minds
بِهَـٰذَآ ۚ
bihādhā
this
أَمْ
am
or
هُمْ
hum
they
قَوْمٌۭ
qawmun
(are) a people
طَاغُونَ
ṭāghūna
transgressing
Tafsir Taiseer ul-Quran — Maulana Abdul Rahman Kilani
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32. Is it their intellects that command them to say such things [25], or are they simply rebellious people?
[25]
The True State of the Quraysh of Makkah:
Your entire life’s pure character and conduct are before their eyes. Therefore, whatever accusations they are making against youﷺ, their own intellects refuse to accept such things. Indeed, the chiefs of Quraysh have, on numerous occasions in their private gatherings, admitted that youﷺ are neither a poet, nor a soothsayer, nor a magician, nor insane. They also inwardly acknowledge that youﷺ are truly Allah’s Messenger and that the Quran is truly the Word of Allah, but if they were to admit this, it would be their own ruin. Their leadership would come to an end, and they would have to live as obedient followers of the Messenger, and these things were not acceptable to them at any cost. Therefore, in accordance with the saying “an evil nature finds many excuses,” they hurled all sorts of accusations at you and called you by such unreasonable titles. Then, it is also worth considering that they have never opposed any poet, soothsayer, magician, or insane person in this way as they are opposing you. Nor have they ever imposed such restrictions on listening to the words of any poet, soothsayer, magician, or insane person as they have imposed on the recitation, listening, and loud reading of the Quran. Why do they not feel such a threat from any poet, soothsayer, magician, or insane person as they feel from youﷺ? All these things are conclusive proof that they have come to know in their hearts that you are truly Allah’s Messenger and the Quran is Allah’s Word. Their intellects judge correctly, but their rebellious natures are preventing them from coming to the path of truth.
[25]
The True State of the Quraysh of Makkah:
Your entire life’s pure character and conduct are before their eyes. Therefore, whatever accusations they are making against youﷺ, their own intellects refuse to accept such things. Indeed, the chiefs of Quraysh have, on numerous occasions in their private gatherings, admitted that youﷺ are neither a poet, nor a soothsayer, nor a magician, nor insane. They also inwardly acknowledge that youﷺ are truly Allah’s Messenger and that the Quran is truly the Word of Allah, but if they were to admit this, it would be their own ruin. Their leadership would come to an end, and they would have to live as obedient followers of the Messenger, and these things were not acceptable to them at any cost. Therefore, in accordance with the saying “an evil nature finds many excuses,” they hurled all sorts of accusations at you and called you by such unreasonable titles. Then, it is also worth considering that they have never opposed any poet, soothsayer, magician, or insane person in this way as they are opposing you. Nor have they ever imposed such restrictions on listening to the words of any poet, soothsayer, magician, or insane person as they have imposed on the recitation, listening, and loud reading of the Quran. Why do they not feel such a threat from any poet, soothsayer, magician, or insane person as they feel from youﷺ? All these things are conclusive proof that they have come to know in their hearts that you are truly Allah’s Messenger and the Quran is Allah’s Word. Their intellects judge correctly, but their rebellious natures are preventing them from coming to the path of truth.
