The Holy Quran 10:16 — Surah Yunus

Arabic text

قُل لَّوْ شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ مَا تَلَوْتُهُۥ عَلَيْكُمْ وَلَآ أَدْرَىٰكُم بِهِۦ ۖ فَقَدْ لَبِثْتُ فِيكُمْ عُمُرًا مِّن قَبْلِهِۦٓ ۚ أَفَلَا تَعْقِلُونَ

Translation

Say (to the Kuffaar, O Rasulullaah ﷺ), "If Allaah willed, I would not have recited it (the Qur'aan) to you, nor would He have informed you about it (However, that fact that I have brought the Qur'aan to you proves that Allaah wants me to convey it to you). I have already lived a great portion of my life among you (during which time I have not been able to tell you anything similar to the Qur'aan. It is therefore clear that the Qur'aan is not my speech, but the revealed word of Allaah). Do you not understand?"

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

The proof of the truthfulness of the Prophet ﷺ: that is, I recite to you only what Allah wills, and He warns you through me as much as He wills. Had He willed otherwise, what power did I have to compose speech of my own and attribute it to Him? After all, forty years of my life have passed before your eyes.

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