Surah Al-A'raf (الأعراف) • The Heights

Quran 7:203

7:203

وَإِذَا لَمْ تَأْتِهِم بِـَٔايَةٍ قَالُوا۟ لَوْلَا ٱجْتَبَيْتَهَا ۚ قُلْ إِنَّمَآ أَتَّبِعُ مَا يُوحَىٰٓ إِلَىَّ مِن رَّبِّى ۚ هَـٰذَا بَصَآئِرُ مِن رَّبِّكُمْ وَهُدًى وَرَحْمَةٌ لِّقَوْمٍ يُؤْمِنُونَ

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

And when you, [O Muḥammad], do not bring them a sign [i.e., miracle], they say, "Why have you not contrived it?" Say, "I only follow what is revealed to me from my Lord. This [Qur’ān] is enlightenment from your Lord and guidance and mercy for a people who believe."

— Saheeh International

When you do not bring them a fresh revelation, they say, ‘But can you not just ask for one?’ Say, ‘I merely repeat what is revealed to me from my Lord: this revelation brings you insights from your Lord, and guidance and mercy for those who believe,

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And if you do not bring them a miracle [according to their (i.e. Quraish-pagans’) proposal], they say: "Why have you not brought it?" Say: "I but follow what is revealed to me from my Lord. This (the Qur’ân) is nothing but evidence from your Lord, and a guidance and a mercy for a people who believe."

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

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وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd when
لَمْlamnot
تَأْتِهِمtatihimyou bring them
بِـَٔايَةٍۢbiāyatina Sign
قَالُوا۟qālūthey say
لَوْلَاlawlāWhy (have) not
ٱجْتَبَيْتَهَاۚij'tabaytahāyou devised it
قُلْqulSay
إِنَّمَآinnamāOnly
أَتَّبِعُattabiʿuI follow
مَاmāwhat
يُوحَىٰٓyūḥāis revealed
إِلَىَّilayyato me
مِنminfrom
رَّبِّىۚrabbīmy Lord
هَـٰذَاhādhāThis (is)
بَصَآئِرُbaṣāiruenlightenment
مِنminfrom
رَّبِّكُمْrabbikumyour Lord
وَهُدًۭىwahudanand guidance
وَرَحْمَةٌۭwaraḥmatunand mercy
لِّقَوْمٍۢliqawminfor a people
يُؤْمِنُونَyu'minūnawho believe