Surah Al-A'raf, ayah 203
وَإِذَا لَمْ تَأْتِهِم بِـَٔايَةٍ قَالُوا۟ لَوْلَا ٱجْتَبَيْتَهَا ۚ قُلْ إِنَّمَآ أَتَّبِعُ مَا يُوحَىٰٓ إِلَىَّ مِن رَّبِّى ۚ هَـٰذَا بَصَآئِرُ مِن رَّبِّكُمْ وَهُدًى وَرَحْمَةٌ لِّقَوْمٍ يُؤْمِنُونَ
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."
Al-A'raf · 7:203
Word by word
- وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd when
- لَمْlamnot
- تَأْتِهِمtatihimyou bring them
- بِـَٔايَةٍۢbiāyatina Sign
- قَالُوا۟qālūthey say
- لَوْلَاlawlāWhy (have) not
- ٱجْتَبَيْتَهَا ۚij'tabaytahāyou devised it
- قُلْqulSay
- إِنَّمَآinnamāOnly
- أَتَّبِعُattabiʿuI follow
- مَاmāwhat
- يُوحَىٰٓyūḥāis revealed
- إِلَىَّilayyato me
- مِنminfrom
- رَّبِّى ۚrabbīmy Lord
- هَـٰذَاhādhāThis (is)
- بَصَآئِرُbaṣāiruenlightenment
- مِنminfrom
- رَّبِّكُمْrabbikumyour Lord
- وَهُدًۭىwahudanand guidance
- وَرَحْمَةٌۭwaraḥmatunand mercy
- لِّقَوْمٍۢliqawminfor a people
- يُؤْمِنُونَyu'minūnawho believe
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