Sourate Hud · سُوْرَةُ هُوْدٍ · Juz 12
Q 11:35
أَمْ يَقُولُونَ ٱفْتَرَىٰهُ ۖ قُلْ إِنِ ٱفْتَرَيْتُهُۥ فَعَلَىَّ إِجْرَامِى وَأَنَا۠ بَرِىٓءٌ مِّمَّا تُجْرِمُونَ
Traductions
Ou bien ils disent: il l'a inventé? Dis: «Si je l'ai inventé, que mon crime retombe sur moi! Et je suis innocent de vos criminelles accusations».Or do they say [about Prophet Muhammad], "He invented it"? Say, "If I have invented it, then upon me is [the consequence of] my crime; but I am innocent of what [crimes] you commit."Tafsir
Le peuple de Noé mécroyait en lui parce qu’il prétendait que Noé avait inventé la religion qu’il apportait et qu’il l’attribuait mensongèrement à Allah. Ô Messager, dis-leur: Si j’ai inventé cette religion, je subirai seul la punition que je mérite et je ne serai en aucun cas responsable de votre démenti car j’en suis innocent.
Lire Ibn Kathir (Ibn Kathir (abrégé, en anglais))
Or they (the pagans of Makkah) say: "He has fabricated it." Say: "If I have fabricated it, upon me be my crimes, but I am innocent of (all) those crimes which you commit (35)
An Interruption to verify the Truthfulness of the Prophet (ﷺ)
This is presented in the middle of the story to affirm the story itself. It is as if Allah, the Exalted, is saying to Muhammad , "Or do these obstinate disbelievers say that he fabricated this and invented it himself?"
قُلْ إِنِ افْتَرَيْتُهُ فَعَلَيَّ إِجْرَامِي
(Say: "If I have fabricated it, upon me be my crimes...") This means: such sin would be mine alone.
وَأَنَا بَرِيءٌ مِّمَّا تُجْرِمُونَ
(but I am innocent of (all) those crimes which you commit.) This story is not invented, or fabricated falsely. Because he (the Prophet) knows better the punishment of Allah for one who lies on Allah.
Texte arabe : Tanzil (uthmani). Traductions : Muhammad Hamidullah (fr), Sahih International (en). tanzil.net