Surah Yunus, ayah 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
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."
Word by word
- وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd when
- تُتْلَىٰtut'lāare recited
- عَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimto them
- ءَايَاتُنَاāyātunāOur Verses
- بَيِّنَـٰتٍۢ ۙbayyinātin(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
- بَدِّلْهُ ۚbaddil'huchange it
- قُلْqulSay
- مَاmāNot
- يَكُونُyakūnu(it) is
- لِىٓlīfor me
- أَنْanthat
- أُبَدِّلَهُۥubaddilahuI change it
- مِنminof
- تِلْقَآئِtil'qāimy own accord
- نَفْسِىٓ ۖnafsīmy own accord
- إِنْinNot
- أَتَّبِعُattabiʿuI follow
- إِلَّاillāexcept
- مَاmāwhat
- يُوحَىٰٓyūḥāis revealed
- إِلَىَّ ۖilayyato me
- إِنِّىٓinnīIndeed, I
- أَخَافُakhāfu[I] fear
- إِنْinif
- عَصَيْتُʿaṣaytuI were to disobey
- رَبِّىrabbīmy Lord
- عَذَابَʿadhāba(the) punishment
- يَوْمٍyawmin(of) a Day
- عَظِيمٍۢʿaẓīminGreat
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