ٱلْإِسْرَاء : ٧٣

  • وَإِن And indeed
  • كَادُواْ they were about (to)
  • لَيَفۡتِنُونَكَ tempt you away
  • عَنِ from
  • ٱلَّذِيٓ that which
  • أَوۡحَيۡنَآ We revealed
  • إِلَيۡكَ to you
  • لِتَفۡتَرِيَ that you invent
  • عَلَيۡنَا about Us
  • غَيۡرَهُۥۖ other (than) it
  • وَإِذٗا And then
  • لَّٱتَّخَذُوكَ surely they would take you
  • خَلِيلٗا (as) a friend
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.
The following was revealed regarding the [tribe of] Thaqeef, for they had asked him [the Prophet] may peace and salutation be upon him to declare their valley inviolable and implored him [to grant them this request]: And indeed (wa-in, [the particle in is] softened) they were about to, they nearly did, beguile you away from that which We revealed to you, so that you might invent against Us [something] other than that; and then, had you done that, they would have taken you as a friend.