And those who associate others with Allah say, "If Allah had willed,

surah Nahl aya 35 , English translation of the meaning Ayah.

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English Translation of the Meanings by Muhammad Muhsin Khan and Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali , Tafheem-ul-Quran by Syed Abu-al-A'la Maududi & English - Sahih International : surah Nahl aya 35 in arabic text(The Bee).

Verse 35 from surah An-Nahl

﴿وَقَالَ الَّذِينَ أَشْرَكُوا لَوْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ مَا عَبَدْنَا مِن دُونِهِ مِن شَيْءٍ نَّحْنُ وَلَا آبَاؤُنَا وَلَا حَرَّمْنَا مِن دُونِهِ مِن شَيْءٍ ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ فَعَلَ الَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ ۚ فَهَلْ عَلَى الرُّسُلِ إِلَّا الْبَلَاغُ الْمُبِينُ﴾
[ النحل: 35]

English - Sahih International

16:35 And those who associate others with Allah say, "If Allah had willed, we would not have worshipped anything other than Him, neither we nor our fathers, nor would we have forbidden anything through other than Him." Thus did those do before them. So is there upon the messengers except [the duty of] clear notification?

Tafsir Ibn Katheer in English

Abridged Explanation of the Quran

Those who associated others with Allah in their worship said: Had Allah willed for us to worship Him alone and not to ascribe any partners to Him, we would not have worshipped anything besides Him, neither us, nor our ancestors before us.
Had He willed for us not to prohibit anything we would not have done so.
The disbelievers of the past also presented such false arguments.
The duty of the Messengers is only to clearly communicate what they have been instructed to convey and they have done so.
The disbelievers cannot present fate as an argument after Allah has given them free will and choice and sent to them His Messengers.

Muhammad Taqiud-Din alHilali

And those who join others in worship with Allah say: "If Allah had so willed, neither we nor our fathers would have worshipped aught but Him, nor would we have forbidden anything without (Command from) Him." So did those before them. Then! Are the Messengers charged with anything but to convey clearly the Message?

phonetic Transliteration

Waqala allatheena ashrakoo law shaa Allahu ma AAabadna min doonihi min shayin nahnu wala abaona wala harramna min doonihi min shayin kathalika faAAala allatheena min qablihim fahal AAala alrrusuli illa albalaghu almubeenu

Abdullah Yusuf Ali - Translation

The worshippers of false gods say: "If Allah had so willed, we should not have worshipped aught but Him - neither we nor our fathers,- nor should we have prescribed prohibitions other than His." So did those who went before them. But what is the mission of messengers but to preach the Clear Message?

Safi-ur-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri

And those who worshipped others with Allah said: "If Allah had so willed, neither we nor our fathers would have worshipped any but Him nor would we have forbidden anything without (a command from) Him." Those before them did the same. Then! Are the Messengers charged with anything but to clearly convey the Message

Page 271 English transliteration

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16:35 And those who associate others with Allah say, "If Allah had willed, translate in arabic

» tafsir Tafheem-ul-Quran ,Maududi

وقال الذين أشركوا لو شاء الله ما عبدنا من دونه من شيء نحن ولا آباؤنا ولا حرمنا من دونه من شيء كذلك فعل الذين من قبلهم فهل على الرسل إلا البلاغ المبين

سورة: النحل - آية: ( 35 ) - جزء: ( 14 ) - صفحة: ( 271 )

Almuntakhab Fi Tafsir Alquran Alkarim

And to excuse their infidelity which it is not possible to justify, the idolaters insolently say: Had Allah willed, neither we nor our fathers would have worshipped besides Him other gods, nor would we have enforced taboos other than those decreed by Him Thus much acted their predecessors. But is the Messenger really responsible for any act or a duty other than relating the divine message and the elucidation of its text

Tafseer Tafheem-ul-Quran by Syed Abu-al-A'la Maududi

(16:35) The mushriks say, "Had Allah willed, neither we nor our forefathers would have worshipped any other than Allah nor made anything unlawful without His will . " *30 Such excuses were put forward also by those who went before them. *31 Have the Messengers any more responsibility than to convey the Message clearly?

And those who associate others with Allah say, "If Allah had willed, meaning

*30) In order to understand the significance of this argument the reader should keep in view vv. 148-150 and E.N.'s 124-126 of Chapter VI, for this has been cited and answered there.
*31) That is, "Your argument" is not a new one but the same old one which had always been offered by erroneous people who went before you. Today you arc, like them, excusing yourselves for your deviation and evil conduct, saying that it is the will of God. You know that this is a lame excuse that has been invented to delude yourselves, and to escape from admonition."
This answer also contains a subtle retort to the objection of the disbelievers that the Qur'an consisted merely of old stories of the ancients (v. 24). They meant to imply that the Prophet had nothing new to offer. So he was repeating the same old stories that had been repeated over and over again since the time of Prophet Noah. The retort is this: "If the Holy Prophet was not presenting anything new but was reciting the old stories of the ancients, you yourselves are not putting forward any new excuse in defence of your evil deeds, but the same old excuse that was put forward by the people who went before you. "

And those who associate others with Allah say, "If Allah had willed, meaning in Urdu

یہ مشرکین کہتے ہیں "اگر اللہ چاہتا تو نہ ہم اور نہ ہمارے باپ دادا اُس کے سوا کسی اور کی عبادت کرتے اور نہ اُس کے حکم کے بغیر کسی چیز کو حرام ٹھیراتے" ایسے ہی بہانے اِن سے پہلے کے لوگ بھی بناتے رہے ہیں تو کیا رسولوں پر صاف صاف بات پہنچا دینے کے سوا اور بھی کوئی ذمہ داری ہے؟

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