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

Quran 7:89

7:89

قَدِ ٱفْتَرَيْنَا عَلَى ٱللَّهِ كَذِبًا إِنْ عُدْنَا فِى مِلَّتِكُم بَعْدَ إِذْ نَجَّىٰنَا ٱللَّهُ مِنْهَا ۚ وَمَا يَكُونُ لَنَآ أَن نَّعُودَ فِيهَآ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّنَا ۚ وَسِعَ رَبُّنَا كُلَّ شَىْءٍ عِلْمًا ۚ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ تَوَكَّلْنَا ۚ رَبَّنَا ٱفْتَحْ بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَ قَوْمِنَا بِٱلْحَقِّ وَأَنتَ خَيْرُ ٱلْفَـٰتِحِينَ

qadi if'taraynā ʿalā l-lahi kadhiban in ʿud'nā fī millatikum baʿda idh najjānā l-lahu min'hā wamā yakūnu lanā an naʿūda fīhā illā an yashāa l-lahu rabbunā wasiʿa rabbunā kulla shayin ʿil'man ʿalā l-lahi tawakkalnā rabbanā if'taḥ baynanā wabayna qawminā bil-ḥaqi wa-anta khayru l-fātiḥīna

We would have invented against Allāh a lie if we returned to your religion after Allāh had saved us from it. And it is not for us to return to it except that Allāh, our Lord, should will. Our Lord has encompassed all things in knowledge. Upon Allāh we have relied. Our Lord, decide between us and our people in truth, and You are the best of those who give decision."

— Saheeh International

If we were to return to your religion after God has saved us from it, we would be inventing lies about Him: there is no way we could return to it- unless by the will of God our Lord: in His knowledge He comprehends everything. We put our trust in God. Our Lord, expose the truth [and judge] between us and our people, for You are the best judge.’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

"We should have invented a lie against Allâh if we returned to your religion, after Allâh has rescued us from it. And it is not for us to return to it unless Allâh, our Lord, should will. Our Lord comprehends all things in His Knowledge. In Allâh (Alone) we put our trust. Our Lord! Judge between us and our people in truth, for You are the Best of those who give judgment."

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

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قَدِqadiVerily
ٱفْتَرَيْنَاif'taraynāwe would have fabricated
عَلَىʿalāagainst
ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
كَذِبًاkadhibana lie
إِنْinif
عُدْنَاʿud'nāwe returned
فِىfīin
مِلَّتِكُمmillatikumyour religion
بَعْدَbaʿdaafter
إِذْidh[when]
نَجَّىٰنَاnajjānāsaved us
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
مِنْهَاۚmin'hāfrom it
وَمَاwamāAnd not
يَكُونُyakūnuit is
لَنَآlanāfor us
أَنanthat
نَّعُودَnaʿūdawe return
فِيهَآfīhāin it
إِلَّآillāexcept
أَنanthat
يَشَآءَyashāawills
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
رَبُّنَاۚrabbunāour Lord
وَسِعَwasiʿaEncompasses
رَبُّنَاrabbunā(by) Our Lord
كُلَّkullaevery
شَىْءٍshayinthing
عِلْمًاۚʿil'man(in) knowledge
عَلَىʿalāUpon
ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
تَوَكَّلْنَاۚtawakkalnāwe put our trust
رَبَّنَاrabbanāOur Lord
ٱفْتَحْif'taḥDecide
بَيْنَنَاbaynanābetween us
وَبَيْنَwabaynaand between
قَوْمِنَاqawmināour people
بِٱلْحَقِّbil-ḥaqiin truth
وَأَنتَwa-antaand You
خَيْرُkhayru(are the) Best
ٱلْفَـٰتِحِينَl-fātiḥīna(of) those who Decide