Surah 11 Hud — Ayah 35
أَمْ يَقُولُونَ ٱفْتَرَىٰهُ ۖ قُلْ إِنِ ٱفْتَرَيْتُهُۥ فَعَلَىَّ إِجْرَامِى وَأَنَا۠ بَرِىٓءٌۭ مِّمَّا تُجْرِمُونَ
Ko sunã cẽwa: (Nũhu) ya ƙirƙira shi. Ka ce: "Idan nĩ (Nũhu) na ƙirƙira shi to, laifĩnã a kaina yake, kuma nĩ mai barrantã ne daga abin da kuke yi na laifi."
am yaqūlūna if'tarāhu qul ini if'taraytuhu faʿalayya ij'rāmī wa-anā barīon mimmā tuj'rimūna
Word by word
- أَمْ am Or
- يَقُولُونَ yaqūlūna (do) they say
- ٱفْتَرَىٰهُ ۖ if'tarāhu He has invented it
- قُلْ qul Say
- إِنِ ini If
- ٱفْتَرَيْتُهُۥ if'taraytuhu I have invented it
- فَعَلَىَّ faʿalayya then on me
- إِجْرَامِى ij'rāmī (is) my crime
- وَأَنَا۠ wa-anā but I am
- بَرِىٓءٌۭ barīon innocent
- مِّمَّا mimmā of what
- تُجْرِمُونَ tuj'rimūna crimes you commit
Tafsir · Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
An Interruption to verify the Truthfulness of the Prophet
This is presented in the middle of the story to affirm the story itself. It is as if Allah, the Exalted, is saying to Muhammad , "Or do these obstinate disbelievers say that he fabricated this and invented it himself"
(Say: "If I have fabricated it, upon me be my crimes...") This means: such sin would be mine alone.
(but I am innocent of (all) those crimes which you commit.) This story is not invented, or fabricated falsely. Because he (the Prophet) knows better the punishment of Allah for one who lies on Allah.