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Surah As-Sajda · سُوْرَةُ السَّجْدَةِ · Juz 21

Q 32:3

أَمْ يَقُولُونَ ٱفْتَرَىٰهُ ۚ بَلْ هُوَ ٱلْحَقُّ مِن رَّبِّكَ لِتُنذِرَ قَوْمًا مَّآ أَتَىٰهُم مِّن نَّذِيرٍ مِّن قَبْلِكَ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَهْتَدُونَ

Translations

Or do they say, "He invented it"? Rather, it is the truth from your Lord, [O Muhammad], that you may warn a people to whom no warner has come before you [so] perhaps they will be guided.
Sahih International · EN
Diront-ils qu'il (Muhammad) l'a inventé? Ceci est, au contraire, la vérité venant de ton Seigneur pour que tu avertisses un peuple à qui nul avertisseur avant toi n'est venu, afin qu'ils se guident.
Muhammad Hamidullah · FR

Tafsir

These disbelievers say, “Indeed, Muhammad has fabricated it and attributed it to his Lord.” It is not as they say, rather, it is the truth in which there is no doubt; revealed from your Lord - O Messenger - to you so that you may warn a nation to whom no Messenger has come before you, of the punishment of Allah, perhaps they are guided to the truth and they follow and practice it.

Al-Mukhtasar fi Tafsir al-Quran · Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies
Read Ibn Kathir (Ibn Kathir (abridged, English))
The Virtues of Surah Alif Lam Mim As-Sajdah In the Book of the Friday prayer, Al-Bukhari recorded that Abu Hurayrah said, "The Prophet ﷺ used to recite in Fajr on Fridays: الم - تَنْزِيلُ (Alif Lam Mim. The revelation of...), As-Sajdah, and هَلْ أَتَىٰ عَلَى الْإِنْسَانِ (Has there not been over man...)Al-Insan (76:71)." This was also recorded by Muslim. Imam Ahmad recorded that Jabir said, "The Prophet ﷺ would never sleep until he recited: الم - تَنْزِيلُ (Alif Lam Mim. The revelation of...), As-Sajdah, and تَبَارَكَ الَّذِي بِيَدِهِ الْمُلْكُ (Blessed be He in Whose Hand is the dominion) Al-Mulk (67:1)." بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. الم - تَنْزِيلُ الْكِتَابِ لَا رَيْبَ فِيهِ مِنْ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ - أَمْ يَقُولُونَ افْتَرَاهُ ۚ بَلْ هُوَ الْحَقُّ مِنْ رَبِّكَ لِتُنْذِرَ قَوْمًا مَا أَتَاهُمْ مِنْ نَذِيرٍ مِنْ قَبْلِكَ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَهْتَدُونَ (1. Alif Lam Mim.)(2. The revelation of the Book in which there is no doubt, is from the Lord of all that exists.)(3. Or say they: "He has fabricated it?" Nay, it is the truth from your Lord, so that you may warn a people to whom no warner has come before you, in order that they may be guided.) The Qur'an is the Book of Allah in which there is no Doubt We discussed the individual letters at the beginning of Surat Al-Baqarah, and there is no need to repeat it here. تَنْزِيلُ الْكِتَابِ لَا رَيْبَ فِيهِ (The revelation of the Book in which there is no doubt,) means, there is no doubt whatsoever that it has been revealed مِنْ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ (from the Lord of all that exists.) Then Allah tells us about the idolators: أَمْ يَقُولُونَ افْتَرَاهُ ۚ (Or say they: "He has fabricated it?"): they say, he has fabricated it, i.e., he has made it up by himself. بَلْ هُوَ الْحَقُّ مِنْ رَبِّكَ لِتُنْذِرَ قَوْمًا مَا أَتَاهُمْ مِنْ نَذِيرٍ مِنْ قَبْلِكَ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَهْتَدُونَ (Nay, it is the truth from your Lord, so that you may warn a people to whom no warner has come before you, in order that they may be guided.) means, in order that they may follow the truth.

Arabic text: Tanzil (Uthmani). Translations: Sahih International (en), Muhammad Hamidullah (fr). tanzil.net