Surah 17 Al-Israa — Ayah 86
وَلَئِن شِئْنَا لَنَذْهَبَنَّ بِٱلَّذِىٓ أَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَيْكَ ثُمَّ لَا تَجِدُ لَكَ بِهِۦ عَلَيْنَا وَكِيلًا
Jeślibyśmy chcieli, to zabralibyśmy tobie z pewnością to, co ci objawiliśmy; i nie znalazłbyś potem dla siebie przeciwko Nam żadnego opiekuna,
wala-in shi'nā lanadhhabanna bi-alladhī awḥaynā ilayka thumma lā tajidu laka bihi ʿalaynā wakīlan
Word by word
- وَلَئِن wala-in And if
- شِئْنَا shi'nā We willed
- لَنَذْهَبَنَّ lanadhhabanna We (would) have surely taken away
- بِٱلَّذِىٓ bi-alladhī that which
- أَوْحَيْنَآ awḥaynā We have revealed
- إِلَيْكَ ilayka to you
- ثُمَّ thumma Then
- لَا lā not
- تَجِدُ tajidu you would find
- لَكَ laka for you
- بِهِۦ bihi concerning it
- عَلَيْنَا ʿalaynā against Us
- وَكِيلًا wakīlan any advocate
Tafsir · Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
If Allah willed, He could take away the Qur'an
Allah mentions the blessing and great bounty that He has bestowed upon His servant and Messenger Muhammad by revealing to Him the Noble Qur'an to which falsehood cannot come, from before it or behind it, (it is) sent down by the All-Wise, Worthy of all praise. Ibn Mas`ud said, "A red wind will come to the people, meaning at the end of time, from the direction of Syria, and there will be nothing left in a man's Mushaf (copy of the Qur'an) or in his heart, not even one Ayah." Then Ibn Mas`ud recited:
(And if We willed, We could surely take away that which We have revealed to you.)
Challenging by the Qur'an
Then Allah points out the great virtue of the Qur'an, and says that even if mankind and the Jinn were all to come together and agree to produce something like that which was revealed to His Messenger , they would never be able to do it, even if they were to cooperate and support and help one another. This is something which is impossible. How could the words of created beings be like the Words of the Creator Who has no equal and peer, for there is none like unto Him
(And indeed We have fully explained to man- kind,) meaning, `We have furnished them with evidence and defini- tive proof, and We have shown them the truth and explained it in detail, yet despite that most of mankind insist on disbelief, i.e., denying and rejecting the truth.'