Sam Gerrans - The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

And when thou bringest them not a proof, they say: “Oh, that thou hadst but chosen one!” Say thou: “I follow only what is revealed to me from my Lord; this is a means of insight from your Lord, and guidance, and a mercy for people who believe.”

وَاِذَا لَمْ تَأْتِهِمْ بِاٰيَةٍ قَالُوا لَوْلَا اجْتَبَيْتَهَاۜ قُلْ اِنَّـمَٓا اَتَّبِـعُ مَا يُوحٰٓى اِلَيَّ مِنْ رَبّ۪يۚ هٰذَا بَصَٓائِرُ مِنْ رَبِّكُمْ وَهُدًى وَرَحْمَةٌ لِقَوْمٍ يُؤْمِنُونَ
Wa-itha lam ta/tihim bi-ayatinqaloo lawla ijtabaytaha qul innamaattabiAAu ma yooha ilayya min rabbee hathabasa-iru min rabbikum wahudan warahmatun liqawminyu/minoon
#wordmeaningroot
1wa-idhāAnd when
2lamnot
3tatihimyou bring themاتي
4biāyatina Signايي
5qālūthey sayقول
6lawlāWhy (have) not
7ij'tabaytahāyou devised itجبي
8qulSayقول
9innamāOnly
10attabiʿuI followتبع
11what
12yūḥāis revealedوحي
13ilayyato me
14minfrom
15rabbīmy Lordربب
16hādhāThis (is)
17baṣāiruenlightenmentبصر
18minfrom
19rabbikumyour Lordربب
20wahudanand guidanceهدي
21waraḥmatunand mercyرحم
22liqawminfor a peopleقوم
23yu'minūnawho believeامن
  • Aisha Bewley

    If you do not bring them a Sign, they say, ‘Why have you not come up with one?’ Say, ‘I follow only what has been revealed to me from my Lord. ’ This is clear insight from your Lord, and guidance and mercy, for people who have iman.

  • Progressive Muslims

    And because you do not bring them a sign, they Say: "If only you had brought one. " Say: "I only follow what is inspired to me from my Lord. This is an evidence from your Lord, and a guide and mercy to a people who believe."

  • Shabbir Ahmed

    When you do not produce a miracle that they demand, they say, "Why not ask God for it?" Say, "I simply follow and convey what is revealed to me from my Lord. " These verses are the enlightening miracle from your Lord, the Guidance and Grace for those who accept them.

  • Sam Gerrans The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

    And when thou bringest them not a proof, they say: “Oh, that thou hadst but chosen one!” Say thou: “I follow only what is revealed to me from my Lord; this is a means of insight from your Lord, and guidance, and a mercy for people who believe.”

  • The Monotheist Group The Quran: A Monotheist Translation

    And because you do not bring them a sign, they say: "If only you had brought one." Say: "I only follow what is inspired to me from my Lord. This is an evidence from your Lord, and a guide and mercy to a people who believe."

  • Edip-Layth Quran: A Reformist Translation

    Since you do not bring them a sign, they say, "If only you had brought one." Say, "I only follow what is inspired to me from my Lord. These are enlightenments from your Lord, a guide and a mercy to a people who acknowledge."

  • Rashad Khalifa The Final Testament

    If you do not produce a miracle that they demand, they say, "Why not ask for it?" Say, "I simply follow what is revealed to me from my Lord." These are enlightenments from your Lord, and guidance, and mercy for people who believe.

  • Mohamed Ahmed - Samira

    And when you do not bring a (Qur'anic) verse to them, they say: "Why don't you make one up?" Say: "I follow only what my Lord reveals to me. " These (revelations) are an evident proof from your Lord, and a guidance and grace for those who believe.

  • Sahih International (Umm Muhammad, Mary Kennedy, Amatullah Bantley)

    And when you, , do not bring them a sign, they say, "Why have you not contrived it?" Say, "I only follow what is revealed to me from my Lord. This is enlightenment from your Lord and guidance and mercy for a people who believe."

  • Muhammad Asad

    And yet, when thou dost not produce any miracle for them, some say, "Why dost thou not seek to obtain it ? Say: "I only follow whatever is being revealed to me by my Sustainer: this is a means of insight from your Sustainer, and a guidance and grace unto people who will believe.

  • Marmaduke Pickthall

    And when thou bringest not a verse for them they say: Why hast thou not chosen it? Say: I follow only that which is inspired in me from my Lord. This (Qur'an) is insight from your Lord, and a guidance and a mercy for a people that believe.

  • Abul A'la Maududi Tafhim commentary

    When you do not produce before them any miracle, they say: 'Why do you not choose for yourself a miracle?'* Say to them: 'I follow only what is revealed to me by my Lord. This is nothing but a means of insight into the truth, and guidance and mercy from your Lord to the people who believe.*

  • Abdel Khalek Himmat Al- Muntakhab

    And if you do not present them with a supernatural act to satisfy their desire, they wish you would go in quest of it. Say to them: I only follow what is revealed to me by spiritual influence from Allah, my Creator; this is the Quran, the true illumination and enlightenment. It is revealed by Allah, your Creator, to open your mind's eyes and guide those whose hearts have been touched with the divine hand into all truth and to confer on them Allah's mercy and blessings.

  • Bijan Moeinian

    When you do not come up with a miracle per request, they say: "Why do you not ask the Lord to help you with a miracle?" Say: "My task is to follow what is revealed to me This Qur'an contains beacons of insight from your Lord as well as guidance sent as a mercy to those who chose to believe.

  • Al-Hilali & Khan

    And if you do not bring them a miracle , they say: "Why have you not brought it?" Say: "I but follow what is revealed to me from my Lord. This (the Qur’ân) is nothing but evidence from your Lord, and a guidance and a mercy for a people who believe."

  • Abdullah Yusuf Ali

    If thou bring them not a revelation, they say: "Why hast thou not got it together?" Say: "I but follow what is revealed to me from my Lord: this is (nothing but) lights from your Lord, and Guidance, and mercy, for any who have faith."

  • Mustafa Khattab The Clear Quran

    If you ˹O Prophet˺ do not bring them a sign ˹which they demanded˺, they ask, "Why do you not make it yourself?" Say, “I only follow what is revealed to me from my Lord. This ˹Quran˺ is an insight from your Lord—a guide and a mercy for those who believe.”

  • Taqi Usmani

    When you do not bring them a sign, they say, "Could you not make up one?"Say, “I only follow what is revealed to me from my Lord.” This is (a Book of) insights from your Lord and a guidance and mercy for a people who believe.

  • Abdul Haleem

    When you do not bring them a fresh revelation, they say, ‘But can you not just ask for one?’ Say, ‘I merely repeat what is revealed to me from my Lord: this revelation brings you insights from your Lord, and guidance and mercy for those who believe,

  • Arthur John Arberry

    And when thou bringest them not a sign, they say, 'Why hast thou not chosen one?' Say: 'I follow only what is revealed to me from my Lord; this is clear testimony from your Lord, guidance, and mercy for a people of believers. '

  • E. Henry Palmer

    Shouldst Thou not bring them a sign they say, 'Hast Thou not yet made choice of one?' Say, 'I only follow what is inspired to me by my Lord. These are perceptions from my Lord, and a guidance and a mercy to a people who believe.'

  • Hamid S. Aziz

    If you bring them not a verse (of revelation) they say, "Have you not yet made choice of one? Say, "I only follow what is inspired in me by my Lord. These are lights (perceptions, insights) from your Lord, and a guidance and a mercy to a people who have faith."

  • Mahmoud Ghali

    And when you do not come up to them with a sign, they say, "Why have you not selected it?" Say, "Surely I closely follow only what has been revealed to me from my Lord; these one evident demonstrations (i. e., demonstrations for beholders) from your Lord, and a guidance, and a mercy for a people who believe.".

  • George Sale

    And when thou bringest not to them a fresh Sign, they say, 'Why hast thou not forged one?' Say, `I follow only that which is revealed to me from my Lord. These are clear proofs from your Lord and guidance and mercy for a people who believe.'

  • Syed Vickar Ahamed

    And if you do not bring them a miracle, they say: "Why have you not put it together?" Say: "I only follow what is revealed to me from my Lord: This is (only) Light, (the Quran) from your Lord, and Guidance and Mercy for any who have Faith. "

  • Amatul Rahman Omar

    And when you do not bring to them a (fresh) revelation they say, `Why do you not forge a verse (and invent it as a revelation)?' Say, `I only follow what is revealed to me by my Lord. These (Qur'ânic verses) are enlightening (and) proofs from your Lord and source of guidance and mercy (of Allâh) for a people who would believe,

  • Ali Quli Qarai

    When you do not bring them a sign, they say, ‘Why do you not improvise one?’ Say, ‘I only follow what is revealed to me from my Lord; these are insights from your Lord, and a guidance and mercy for a people who have faith. ’