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Surah Hud, Ayah 35 (11:35)

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أَمْ يَقُولُونَ ٱفْتَرَىٰهُ ۖ قُلْ إِنِ ٱفْتَرَيْتُهُۥ فَعَلَىَّ إِجْرَامِى وَأَنَا۠ بَرِىٓءٌ مِّمَّا …

Quran 11:35 is ayah 35 of Surah Hud (“Hud”), a Meccan surah of 123 ayahs. It is in Juz 12, on page 225 of the Madani Mushaf.

11:35
أَمْيَقُولُونَٱفْتَرَىٰهُ ۖقُلْإِنِٱفْتَرَيْتُهُۥفَعَلَىَّإِجْرَامِىوَأَنَا۠بَرِىٓءٌمِّمَّاتُجْرِمُونَ٣٥
am yaqūlūna if'tarāhu qul ini if'taraytuhu faʿalayya ij'rāmī wa-anā barīon mimmā tuj'rimūna

Or do they say [about Prophet Muḥammad (ﷺ)], "He invented it"? Say, "If I have invented it, then upon me is [the consequence of] my crime; but I am innocent of what [crimes] you commit."(35)

Word by word

  1. أَمْamOr
  2. يَقُولُونَyaqūlūna(do) they say
  3. ٱفْتَرَىٰهُ ۖif'tarāhuHe has invented it
  4. قُلْqulSay
  5. إِنِiniIf
  6. ٱفْتَرَيْتُهُۥif'taraytuhuI have invented it
  7. فَعَلَىَّfaʿalayyathen on me
  8. إِجْرَامِىij'rāmī(is) my crime
  9. وَأَنَا۠wa-anābut I am
  10. بَرِىٓءٌbarīoninnocent
  11. مِّمَّاmimmāof what
  12. تُجْرِمُونَtuj'rimūnacrimes you commit

Tafsir (commentary) of 11:35

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English · EnglishTafsir Ibn Kathir (Abridged) — Hafiz Ibn Kathir

An Interruption to verify the Truthfulness of the Prophet

This is presented in the middle of the story to affirm the story itself. It is as if Allah, the Exalted, is saying to Muhammad , "Or do these obstinate disbelievers say that he fabricated this and invented it himself"

قُلْ إِنِ افْتَرَيْتُهُ فَعَلَىَّ إِجْرَامِى

(Say: "If I have fabricated it, upon me be my crimes...") This means: such sin would be mine alone.

وَأَنَاْ بَرِىءٌ مِّمَّا تُجْرَمُونَ

(but I am innocent of (all) those crimes which you commit.) This story is not invented, or fabricated falsely. Because he (the Prophet) knows better the punishment of Allah for one who lies on Allah.

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