The Holy Quran 7:89 — Surah Al-A'raf

Arabic text

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

Translation

"We would surely be forging a lie against Allaah if we were to return to your religion after Allaah had rescued us from it (because this would mean that Allaah prefers us to follow your false religion). It is not (proper) for us that we return (to your religion), except if our Rabb Allaah wills. (It is a different matter if Allaah had predestined that we should return to your religion for reasons He knows best.) The knowledge of our Rabb surrounds (covers) everything and in Him alone do we trust (we trust that Allaah will keep us steadfast on His true Deen and not cause us to deviate). (However, when Shu'ayb عليه الصلاة والسلام realised that his people would not listen to him, he prayed) O our Rabb! Decide between us and our people with the truth, for You are the best of deciders (let it be known who is on the right and who is not)."

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

to call a false and lying religion true is itself to fabricate lies against Allah and to slander Him. How then could it be possible for a great prophet and his sincere followers, Allah forbid, to leave the truth and go back to falsehood, and to concede that all the true claims they had been making about their being in the right, or about [the prophet] being…

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