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سورة الحَاقَّة

Surah Al-Hâqqah 69:44

The Great Inevitable Reality · Verse 44 of 52

وَلَوْ تَقَوَّلَ عَلَيْنَا بَعْضَ الْأَقَاوِيلِ

Abdul Mannan Omar

Had he (- Muhammad) forged and attributed some saying to Us (and said, `This is what Allâh has revealed to me´).

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

And if the messenger were to invent any sayings in Our name,

Ahmed Ali

Had he attributed falsely any words to Us,

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Ali Unal

If he (the Messenger) had dared to fabricate some false sayings in attribution to Us,

Daryabadi

And if he had forged concerning us some discourses.

Faridul Haque

And had he fabricated just one matter upon Us -

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And if he had fabricated against Us certain sayings,

Maulvi Sher Ali

And if he had forged and attributed any sayings to US,

Muhammad Asad

Now if he [whom We have entrusted with it] had dared to attribute some [of his own] sayings unto Us,

Muhammad Musin Khan

And if he (Muhammad SAW) had forged a false saying concerning Us (Allah swt),

Muhammad Pickthall

And if he had invented false sayings concerning Us,

Muhammad Sarwar

Had Muhammad invented some words against Us,.

Muhammed ali Shakir

And if he had fabricated against Us some of the sayings,

Rashad Khalifa

Had he uttered any other teachings.

Shabbir Ahmed

And if he had ascribed his sayings to Us,

Commentary 69:44-46 This verse and the following three lay down an excellent standard to test the truthfulness of the claim of any prophethood. The argument is given that…

On 69:44–46

وَلَوْ تَقَوَّلَ عَلَيْنَا بَعْضَ الْأَقَاوِيلِ

69:44-46 This verse and the following three lay down an excellent standard to test the truthfulness of the claim of any prophethood. The argument is given that if the Holy Prophet (pbuh) had been a forger, Allâh’s strong hand would have seized him by the throat, he would have been under constant curse of Allâh and His people, and he would have certainly met with a violent death and his whole mission would have certainly failed. Such is the fate of a false prophet and of one who fabricates Divine Revelation. It is a special grace conferred on the Holy Prophet (pbuh) that the period of his prophethood has been cited as a test for the truthfulness of his claim and the claims of any true Prophet of Allâh (cf. 72:27).