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
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89. "If we were to return to your religion after Allah has saved us from it, then we would indeed be fabricating a lie against Allah. And it is not for us to return to it unless [94] our Lord so wills. Our Lord encompasses everything in knowledge. In Allah alone we put our trust. (Then he prayed:) O our Lord! Decide between us [95] and our people with truth, for You are the best of those who decide."
[94]
The Reply of Shu‘ayb (علیہ السلام):
Shu‘ayb (علیہ السلام) replied, "Both of your suggestions are unacceptable to us, because if we were to adopt your religion again, it would mean that my companions and I have been lying all along and have been attributing falsehood to Allah. Then, regarding the task that Allah has assigned to me, if I or my companions were to violate it, who could be more unjust than us? And, insha’Allah, our resolve is that we will remain steadfast on our religion with utmost determination, and if Allah’s divine enablement (Tawfiq) remains with us, we will never choose to enter your religion. As for your second point, that you will expel us from here, we do not like this either. However, if you want to force us and expel us by compulsion, then try it, but only that will happen which our Lord Allah wills. We rely on Him alone, and all our affairs are entrusted to Allah."
[95] When the confrontation between truth and falsehood reached such an extent that the hostile and rebellious chiefs became determined to exile Sayyiduna Shu‘ayb (علیہ السلام) and his companions from the land, at that time Sayyiduna Shu‘ayb (علیہ السلام) prayed to Allah, "O Allah! Now the time has come that there remains no hope of any benefit from further advice and admonition for these wrongdoers, so now You Yourself decide between us and them as to what our course of action should be in the future."
[94]
The Reply of Shu‘ayb (علیہ السلام):
Shu‘ayb (علیہ السلام) replied, "Both of your suggestions are unacceptable to us, because if we were to adopt your religion again, it would mean that my companions and I have been lying all along and have been attributing falsehood to Allah. Then, regarding the task that Allah has assigned to me, if I or my companions were to violate it, who could be more unjust than us? And, insha’Allah, our resolve is that we will remain steadfast on our religion with utmost determination, and if Allah’s divine enablement (Tawfiq) remains with us, we will never choose to enter your religion. As for your second point, that you will expel us from here, we do not like this either. However, if you want to force us and expel us by compulsion, then try it, but only that will happen which our Lord Allah wills. We rely on Him alone, and all our affairs are entrusted to Allah."
[95] When the confrontation between truth and falsehood reached such an extent that the hostile and rebellious chiefs became determined to exile Sayyiduna Shu‘ayb (علیہ السلام) and his companions from the land, at that time Sayyiduna Shu‘ayb (علیہ السلام) prayed to Allah, "O Allah! Now the time has come that there remains no hope of any benefit from further advice and admonition for these wrongdoers, so now You Yourself decide between us and them as to what our course of action should be in the future."
