Quran 17:73 — Al-Israa, verse 73
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
[Prophet], the disbelievers tried to tempt you away from what We revealed to you, so that you would invent some other revelation and attribute it to Us and then they would have taken you as a friend.
وَإِنْ كَادُوا لَيَفْتِنُونَكَ عَنِ الَّذِي أَوْحَيْنَا إِلَيْكَ لِتَفْتَرِيَ عَلَيْنَا غَيْرَهُ ۖ وَإِذًا لَاتَّخَذُوكَ خَلِيلًا
wa-in kādū layaftinūnaka ʿani alladhī awḥaynā ilayka litaftariya ʿalaynā ghayrahu wa-idhan la-ittakhadhūka khalīlan
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Indeed they were near to seducing thee from that We revealed to thee, that thou mightest forge against Us another, and then they would surely have taken thee as a friend;
- Muhammad Asad
- AND,. behold, they [who have gone astray] endeavour to tempt thee away from all [the truth] with which We have inspired thee, [O Prophet,] with a view to making thee invent something else in Our name - in which case they would surely have made thee their friend!
- Sahih International
- And indeed, they were about to tempt you away from that which We revealed to you in order to [make] you invent about Us something else; and then they would have taken you as a friend.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَإِنwa-in | And indeed | — |
| 2 | كَادُوا۟kādū | they were about (to) | كود |
| 3 | لَيَفْتِنُونَكَlayaftinūnaka | tempt you away | فتن |
| 4 | عَنِʿani | from | — |
| 5 | ٱلَّذِىٓalladhī | that which | — |
| 6 | أَوْحَيْنَآawḥaynā | We revealed | وحي |
| 7 | إِلَيْكَilayka | to you | — |
| 8 | لِتَفْتَرِىَlitaftariya | that you invent | فري |
| 9 | عَلَيْنَاʿalaynā | about Us | — |
| 10 | غَيْرَهُۥ ۖghayrahu | other (than) it | غير |
| 11 | وَإِذًۭاwa-idhan | And then | — |
| 12 | لَّٱتَّخَذُوكَla-ittakhadhūka | surely they would take you | أخذ |
| 13 | خَلِيلًۭاkhalīlan | (as) a friend | خلل |