Surah 7 Al-A'raaf — Ayat 203
وَإِذَا لَمْ تَأْتِهِم بِـَٔايَةٍۢ قَالُوا۟ لَوْلَا ٱجْتَبَيْتَهَا ۚ قُلْ إِنَّمَآ أَتَّبِعُ مَا يُوحَىٰٓ إِلَىَّ مِن رَّبِّى ۚ هَٰذَا بَصَآئِرُ مِن رَّبِّكُمْ وَهُدًۭى وَرَحْمَةٌۭ لِّقَوْمٍۢ يُؤْمِنُونَ
Dan apabila engkau (wahai Muhammad) tidak membawa kepada mereka sesuatu ayat Al-Quran (sebagaimana yang mereka kehendaki), berkatalah mereka (secara mengejek): "Mengapa engkau tidak bersusah payah membuat sendiri akan ayat itu?" Katakanlah: "Sesungguhnya aku hanya menurut apa yang diwahyukan kepadaku dari Tuhanku. Al-Quran ini ialah panduan-panduan - yang membuka hati - dari Tuhan kamu, dan petunjuk serta menjadi rahmat bagi orang-orang yang beriman".
wa-idhā lam tatihim biāyatin qālū lawlā ij'tabaytahā qul innamā attabiʿu mā yūḥā ilayya min rabbī hādhā baṣāiru min rabbikum wahudan waraḥmatun liqawmin yu'minūna
Perkataan demi perkataan
- وَإِذَا wa-idhā And when
- لَمْ lam not
- تَأْتِهِم tatihim you bring them
- بِـَٔايَةٍۢ biāyatin a Sign
- قَالُوا۟ qālū they say
- لَوْلَا lawlā Why (have) not
- ٱجْتَبَيْتَهَا ۚ ij'tabaytahā you devised it
- قُلْ qul Say
- إِنَّمَآ innamā Only
- أَتَّبِعُ attabiʿu I follow
- مَا mā what
- يُوحَىٰٓ yūḥā is revealed
- إِلَىَّ ilayya to me
- مِن min from
- رَّبِّى ۚ rabbī my Lord
- هَـٰذَا hādhā This (is)
- بَصَآئِرُ baṣāiru enlightenment
- مِن min from
- رَّبِّكُمْ rabbikum your Lord
- وَهُدًۭى wahudan and guidance
- وَرَحْمَةٌۭ waraḥmatun and mercy
- لِّقَوْمٍۢ liqawmin for a people
- يُؤْمِنُونَ yu'minūna who believe
Tafsir · Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
Idolators ask to witness Miracles
`Ali bin Abi Talhah reported that Ibn `Abbas commented on Allah's statement,
(they say, "Why have you not brought it") "They say, `Why have you not received a miracle"', or, "Why have you not initiated or made it" Ibn Jarir reported that, `Abdullah bin Kathir said that Mujahid said about Allah's statement,
(And if you do not bring them a miracle, they say: "Why have you not brought it") "They say, `Produce a miracle of your own."' Qatadah, As-Suddi, `Abdur-Rahman bin Zayd bin Aslam and Ibn Jarir agreed with this. Allah said next,
(And if you do not bring them an Ayah) a miracle or a sign. Similarly, Allah said,
(If We will, We could send down to them from the heaven a sign, to which they would bend their necks in humility.) 26:4 The pagans asked the Prophet, why did you not strive hard to bring us an Ayah (miracle) from Allah so that we witness it and believe in it. Allah said to him,
(Say: "I but follow what is revealed to me from my Lord.") I do not ask such things of my Lord. I only follow what He reveals and commands me. Therefore, if Allah sends a miracle, I will accept it. Otherwise, I will not ask for it unless He allows me. Certainly, Allah is Most Wise, the All-Knower. Allah next directs the servants to the fact that this Qur'an is the most powerful miracle, clearest evidence and most true proof and explanation, saying,
(This (the Qur'an) is nothing but evidences from your Lord, and a guidance and a mercy for a people who believe.)