قَدِ
ٱفۡتَرَيۡنَا
عَلَى
ٱللَّهِ
كَذِبًا
إِنۡ
عُدۡنَا
فِي
مِلَّتِكُم
بَعۡدَ
إِذۡ
نَجَّىٰنَا
ٱللَّهُ
مِنۡهَاۚ
وَمَا
يَكُونُ
لَنَآ
أَن
نَّعُودَ
فِيهَآ
إِلَّآ
أَن
يَشَآءَ
ٱللَّهُ
رَبُّنَاۚ
وَسِعَ
رَبُّنَا
كُلَّ
شَيۡءٍ
عِلۡمًاۚ
عَلَى
ٱللَّهِ
تَوَكَّلۡنَاۚ
رَبَّنَا
ٱفۡتَحۡ
بَيۡنَنَا
وَبَيۡنَ
قَوۡمِنَا
بِٱلۡحَقِّ
وَأَنتَ
خَيۡرُ
ٱلۡفَٰتِحِينَ
٨٩
We would have invented against Allāh a lie if we returned to your religion after Allāh had saved us from it. And it is not for us to return to it except that Allāh, our Lord, should will. Our Lord has encompassed all things in knowledge. Upon Allāh we have relied. Our Lord, decide between us and our people in truth, and You are the best of those who give decision."
— Saheeh International
We would surely be fabricating a lie against Allah if we were to return to your faith after Allah has saved us from it. It does not befit us to return to it unless it is the Will of Allah, our Lord. Our Lord has encompassed everything in ˹His˺ knowledge. In Allah we trust. Our Lord! Judge between us and our people with truth. You are the best of those who judge.”
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran
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Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
Allah describes the way the disbelievers answered His ProphetShu` ayb and those who believed in him, by threatening them withexpulsion from their village, or with forceful reversion to thedisbeliever's religion.
The chiefs spoke the words mentioned here to the Messenger Shu`ayb, but intended it for t
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