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Surah Al-A’raf, Verse 89

سورة الأعراف، الآية ٨٩

7:89 Juz 9 Hizb 17 Page 162 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 7:89

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 ٱلْفَٰتِحِينَ ۝٨٩

Transliteration

qadi if'taraynā ʿalā l-lahi kadhiban in ʿud'nā fī millatikum baʿda idh najjānā l-lahu min'hā wamā yakūnu lanā an naʿūda fīhā illā an yashāa l-lahu rabbunā wasiʿa rabbunā kulla shayin ʿil'man ʿalā l-lahi tawakkalnā rabbanā if'taḥ baynanā wabayna qawminā bil-ḥaqi wa-anta khayru l-fātiḥīna

Translation

We would have invented against Allāh a lie if we returned to your religion after Allāh had saved us from it. And it is not for us to return to it except that Allāh, our Lord, should will. Our Lord has encompassed all things in knowledge. Upon Allāh we have relied. Our Lord, decide between us and our people in truth, and You are the best of those who give decision."

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Verse 89 of Surah Al-A’raf (7:89), a Meccan surah, is in juz 9, on page 162 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 72 reciters.

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Tafsir of verse 89

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'If we follow what you believe of disbelief and polytheism after we have been saved from it by Allah’s grace, we would have invented a lie against Him. It would not be appropriate or right for us to return to your false religion unless Allah wills us to do so – as we will do whatever He wills. Allah surrounds everything in knowledge, and so He knows what is right for His slaves. Nothing is hidden from Him. We put our trust in Allah alone, so He will make us firm on the right path and protect us from the ways leading to Hell. O our Lord! Judge between us and these disbelieving people with the truth, and help those who hold to the truth and those who are wronged against those who are wrongdoers. You O Lord are the best of Judges.'.

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Other translations of verse 89

We would be fabricating lies against Allah if we were to return to your faith after Allah has saved us from it. We will not return to it unless Our Lord Allah so wills. Our Lord has full knowledge of everything. In Allah we put our trust. Our Lord, judge between us and our people with truth, for You are the Best of the Judges.”

"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."

We should have invented a lie against Allah if we returned to your religion after Allah hath rescued us from it. It is not for us to return to it unless Allah our Lord should (so) will. Our Lord comprehendeth all things in knowledge. In Allah do we put our trust. Our Lord! Decide with truth between us and our folk, for Thou art the best of those who make decision.

"We should indeed invent a lie against Allah, if we returned to your ways after Allah hath rescued us therefrom; nor could we by any manner of means return thereto unless it be as in the will and plan of Allah, Our Lord. Our Lord can reach out to the utmost recesses of things by His knowledge. In the Allah is our trust. our Lord! decide Thou between us and our people in truth, for Thou art the best to decide."

Indeed we shall have forged a lie against Allah If we go back to your religion after Allah has delivered us from It, and it befits us not that we should go back to it, except if Allah our Lord please: Our Lord comprehends all things in His knowledge; in Allah do we trust: Our Lord! decide between us and our people with truth; and Thou art the best of deciders.

We would have already fabricated against Allah a lie in case we (ever) went back into your creed, after Allah has finally delivered us from it; and in no way can we return into it, unless Allah, our Lord, so decides. Our Lord embraces everything in (His) knowledge. On Allah h we have put our trust. Our Lord! Arbitrate with the truth between us and our people, and You are The Most Charitable of arbiters."

Verse 89 word by word

  1. قَدِ qadi Verily
  2. ٱفْتَرَيْنَا if'taraynā we would have fabricated ف ر ي
  3. عَلَى ʿalā against
  4. ٱللَّهِ l-lahi Allah
  5. كَذِبًا kadhiban a lie ك ذ ب
  6. إِنْ in if
  7. عُدْنَا ʿud'nā we returned ع و د
  8. فِى fī in
  9. مِلَّتِكُم millatikum your religion م ل ل
  10. بَعْدَ baʿda after ب ع د
  11. إِذْ idh [when]
  12. نَجَّىٰنَا najjānā saved us ن ج و
  13. ٱللَّهُ l-lahu Allah
  14. مِنْهَا min'hā from it
  15. وَمَا wamā And not
  16. يَكُونُ yakūnu it is ك و ن
  17. لَنَآ lanā for us
  18. أَن an that
  19. نَّعُودَ naʿūda we return ع و د
  20. فِيهَآ fīhā in it
  21. إِلَّآ illā except
  22. أَن an that
  23. يَشَآءَ yashāa wills ش ي أ
  24. ٱللَّهُ l-lahu Allah
  25. رَبُّنَا rabbunā our Lord ر ب ب
  26. وَسِعَ wasiʿa Encompasses و س ع
  27. رَبُّنَا rabbunā (by) Our Lord ر ب ب
  28. كُلَّ kulla every ك ل ل
  29. شَىْءٍ shayin thing ش ي أ
  30. عِلْمًا ʿil'man (in) knowledge ع ل م
  31. عَلَى ʿalā Upon
  32. ٱللَّهِ l-lahi Allah
  33. تَوَكَّلْنَا tawakkalnā we put our trust و ك ل
  34. رَبَّنَا rabbanā Our Lord ر ب ب
  35. ٱفْتَحْ if'taḥ Decide ف ت ح
  36. بَيْنَنَا baynanā between us ب ي ن
  37. وَبَيْنَ wabayna and between ب ي ن
  38. قَوْمِنَا qawminā our people ق و م
  39. بِٱلْحَقِّ bil-ḥaqi in truth ح ق ق
  40. وَأَنتَ wa-anta and You
  41. خَيْرُ khayru (are the) Best خ ي ر
  42. ٱلْفَٰتِحِينَ l-fātiḥīna (of) those who Decide ف ت ح

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    And they will not remember except that Allāh wills. He is worthy of fear and adequate for [granting] forgiveness.

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    And you do not will except that Allāh wills. Indeed, Allāh is ever Knowing and Wise.

  • Al-Kahf 18:24

    إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ وَٱذْكُر رَّبَّكَ إِذَا نَسِيتَ وَقُلْ عَسَىٰٓ أَن يَهْدِيَنِ رَبِّى لِأَقْرَبَ مِنْ هَٰذَا رَشَدًا

    Except [when adding], "If Allāh wills." And remember your Lord when you forget [it] and say, "Perhaps my Lord will guide me to what is nearer than this to right conduct."

  • Al-An’am 6:111

    وَلَوْ أَنَّنَا نَزَّلْنَآ إِلَيْهِمُ ٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةَ وَكَلَّمَهُمُ ٱلْمَوْتَىٰ وَحَشَرْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ كُلَّ شَىْءٍ قُبُلًا مَّا كَانُوا۟ لِيُؤْمِنُوٓا۟ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَهُمْ يَجْهَلُونَ

    And even if We had sent down to them the angels [with the message] and the dead spoke to them [of it] and We gathered together every [created] thing in front of them, they would not believe unless Allāh should will. But most of them, [of that], are ignorant.

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