Surah Yunus (يونس) • Jonah

Quran 10:15

10:15

وَإِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِمْ ءَايَاتُنَا بَيِّنَـٰتٍ ۙ قَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يَرْجُونَ لِقَآءَنَا ٱئْتِ بِقُرْءَانٍ غَيْرِ هَـٰذَآ أَوْ بَدِّلْهُ ۚ قُلْ مَا يَكُونُ لِىٓ أَنْ أُبَدِّلَهُۥ مِن تِلْقَآئِ نَفْسِىٓ ۖ إِنْ أَتَّبِعُ إِلَّا مَا يُوحَىٰٓ إِلَىَّ ۖ إِنِّىٓ أَخَافُ إِنْ عَصَيْتُ رَبِّى عَذَابَ يَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ

wa-idhā tut'lā ʿalayhim āyātunā bayyinātin qāla alladhīna lā yarjūna liqāanā i'ti biqur'ānin ghayri hādhā aw baddil'hu qul mā yakūnu lī an ubaddilahu min til'qāi nafsī in attabiʿu illā mā yūḥā ilayya innī akhāfu in ʿaṣaytu rabbī ʿadhāba yawmin ʿaẓīmin

And when Our verses are recited to them as clear evidences, those who do not expect the meeting with Us say, "Bring us a Qur’ān other than this or change it." Say, [O Muḥammad], "It is not for me to change it on my own accord. I only follow what is revealed to me. Indeed I fear, if I should disobey my Lord, the punishment of a tremendous Day."

— Saheeh International

When Our clear revelations are recited to them, those who do not expect to meet with Us say, ‘Bring [us] a different Quran, or change it.’ [Prophet], say, ‘It is not for me to change it of my own accord; I only follow what is revealed to me, for I fear the torment of an awesome Day, if I were to disobey my Lord.’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And when Our clear Verses are recited unto them, those who hope not for their meeting with Us, say: "Bring us a Qur’ân other than this, or change it." Say (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم): "It is not for me to change it on my own accord; I only follow that which is revealed unto me. Verily, I fear the torment of the Great Day (i.e. the Day of Resurrection) if I were to disobey my Lord."

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd when
تُتْلَىٰtut'lāare recited
عَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimto them
ءَايَاتُنَاāyātunāOur Verses
بَيِّنَـٰتٍۢۙbayyinātin(as) clear proofs
قَالَqālasaid
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
لَاlā(do) not
يَرْجُونَyarjūnahope
لِقَآءَنَاliqāanā(for the) meeting (with) Us
ٱئْتِi'tiBring us
بِقُرْءَانٍbiqur'ānina Quran
غَيْرِghayriother (than)
هَـٰذَآhādhāthis
أَوْawor
بَدِّلْهُۚbaddil'huchange it
قُلْqulSay
مَاmāNot
يَكُونُyakūnu(it) is
لِىٓlīfor me
أَنْanthat
أُبَدِّلَهُۥubaddilahuI change it
مِنminof
تِلْقَآئِtil'qāimy own accord
نَفْسِىٓۖnafsīmy own accord
إِنْinNot
أَتَّبِعُattabiʿuI follow
إِلَّاillāexcept
مَاmāwhat
يُوحَىٰٓyūḥāis revealed
إِلَىَّۖilayyato me
إِنِّىٓinnīIndeed, I
أَخَافُakhāfu[I] fear
إِنْinif
عَصَيْتُʿaṣaytuI were to disobey
رَبِّىrabbīmy Lord
عَذَابَʿadhāba(the) punishment
يَوْمٍyawmin(of) a Day
عَظِيمٍۢʿaẓīminGreat