ٱلْأَحْقَاف : ٨

  • أَمۡ Or
  • يَقُولُونَ they say
  • ٱفۡتَرَىٰهُۖ He has invented it
  • قُلۡ Say
  • إِنِ If
  • ٱفۡتَرَيۡتُهُۥ I have invented it
  • فَلَا then not
  • تَمۡلِكُونَ you have power
  • لِي for me
  • مِنَ against
  • ٱللَّهِ Allah
  • شَيۡـًٔاۖ anything
  • هُوَ He
  • أَعۡلَمُ knows best
  • بِمَا of what
  • تُفِيضُونَ you utter
  • فِيهِۚ concerning it
  • كَفَىٰ Sufficient is He
  • بِهِۦ Sufficient is He
  • شَهِيدَۢا (as) a Witness
  • بَيۡنِي between me
  • وَبَيۡنَكُمۡۖ and between you
  • وَهُوَ and He
  • ٱلۡغَفُورُ (is) the Oft-Forgiving
  • ٱلرَّحِيمُ the Most Merciful
Or do they say, "He has invented it"? Say, "If I have invented it, you will not possess for me [the power of protection] from Allāh at all. He is most knowing of that in which you are involved.1 Sufficient is He as Witness between me and you, and He is the Forgiving, the Merciful."
Footnotes
1 - Of false implications and suggestions.
Or (am has the significance of bal, 'nay, but .' and the [rhetorical interrogative] hamza of denial) do they say, 'He has invented it?', that is, Al-Qur'an. Say: 'If I have invented it, hypothetically [speaking], still you would have no power to avail me against God, that is to say, against His chastisement, in any way, in other words, you would not be able to ward it off from me if God chooses to chastise me. He knows best what you delve into [of gossip] concerning it, what you say about Al-Qur'an. He, exalted be He, suffices as a witness between me and you. And He is the Forgiving, to the one who repents, the Merciful', to him, and so He does not hasten to punish you.