Quran 10:15 — Yunus, verse 15
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
When Our clear revelations are recited to them, those who do not expect to meet with Us say, ‘Bring [us] a different Quran, or change it.’ [Prophet], say, ‘It is not for me to change it of my own accord; I only follow what is revealed to me, for I fear the torment of an awesome Day, if I were to disobey my Lord.’
وَإِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِمْ آيَاتُنَا بَيِّنَاتٍ ۙ قَالَ الَّذِينَ لَا يَرْجُونَ لِقَاءَنَا ائْتِ بِقُرْآنٍ غَيْرِ هَـٰذَا أَوْ بَدِّلْهُ ۚ قُلْ مَا يَكُونُ لِي أَنْ أُبَدِّلَهُ مِنْ تِلْقَاءِ نَفْسِي ۖ إِنْ أَتَّبِعُ إِلَّا مَا يُوحَىٰ إِلَيَّ ۖ إِنِّي أَخَافُ إِنْ عَصَيْتُ رَبِّي عَذَابَ يَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ
wa-idhā tut'lā ʿalayhim āyātunā bayyinātin qāla alladhīna lā yarjūna liqāanā i'ti biqur'ānin ghayri hādhā aw baddil'hu qul mā yakūnu lī an ubaddilahu min til'qāi nafsī in attabiʿu illā mā yūḥā ilayya innī akhāfu in ʿaṣaytu rabbī ʿadhāba yawmin ʿaẓīmin
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And when Our signs are recited to them, clear signs, those who look not to encounter Us say, 'Bring a Koran other than this, or alter it.' Say: 'It is not for me to alter it of my own accord. I follow nothing, except what is revealed to me. Truly I fear, if I should rebel against my Lord, the chastisement of a dreadful day.'
- Muhammad Asad
- AND [thus it is:] whenever Our messages are conveyed unto them in all their clarity, those who do not believe that they are destined to meet Us [are wont to] say, "Bring us a discourse other than this, or alter this one.” Say [O Prophet]: "It is not conceivable that I should alter it of my own volition; I only follow what is revealed to me. Behold, I would dread, were I [thus] to rebel against my Sustainer, the suffering [which would befall me] on that awesome Day [of Judgment]!"
- Sahih International
- 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."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَإِذَاwa-idhā | And when | — |
| 2 | تُتْلَىٰtut'lā | are recited | تلو |
| 3 | عَلَيْهِمْʿalayhim | to them | — |
| 4 | ءَايَاتُنَاāyātunā | Our Verses | أيي |
| 5 | بَيِّنَـٰتٍۢ ۙbayyinātin | (as) clear proofs | بين |
| 6 | قَالَqāla | said | قول |
| 7 | ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna | those who | — |
| 8 | لَاlā | (do) not | — |
| 9 | يَرْجُونَyarjūna | hope | رجو |
| 10 | لِقَآءَنَاliqāanā | (for the) meeting (with) Us | لقي |
| 11 | ٱئْتِi'ti | Bring us | أتي |
| 12 | بِقُرْءَانٍbiqur'ānin | a Quran | قرأ |
| 13 | غَيْرِghayri | other (than) | غير |
| 14 | هَـٰذَآhādhā | this | — |
| 15 | أَوْaw | or | — |
| 16 | بَدِّلْهُ ۚbaddil'hu | change it | بدل |
| 17 | قُلْqul | Say | قول |
| 18 | مَاmā | Not | — |
| 19 | يَكُونُyakūnu | (it) is | كون |
| 20 | لِىٓlī | for me | — |
| 21 | أَنْan | that | — |
| 22 | أُبَدِّلَهُۥubaddilahu | I change it | بدل |
| 23 | مِنmin | of | — |
| 24 | تِلْقَآئِtil'qāi | my own accord | لقي |
| 25 | نَفْسِىٓ ۖnafsī | my own accord | نفس |
| 26 | إِنْin | Not | — |
| 27 | أَتَّبِعُattabiʿu | I follow | تبع |
| 28 | إِلَّاillā | except | — |
| 29 | مَاmā | what | — |
| 30 | يُوحَىٰٓyūḥā | is revealed | وحي |
| 31 | إِلَىَّ ۖilayya | to me | — |
| 32 | إِنِّىٓinnī | Indeed, I | — |
| 33 | أَخَافُakhāfu | [I] fear | خوف |
| 34 | إِنْin | if | — |
| 35 | عَصَيْتُʿaṣaytu | I were to disobey | عصي |
| 36 | رَبِّىrabbī | my Lord | ربب |
| 37 | عَذَابَʿadhāba | (the) punishment | عذب |
| 38 | يَوْمٍyawmin | (of) a Day | يوم |
| 39 | عَظِيمٍۢʿaẓīmin | Great | عظم |