أَفَغَيْرَ ٱللَّهِ أَبْتَغِى
حَكَمًا وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِىٓ أَنزَلَ
إِلَيْكُمُ ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ مُفَصَّلًا ۚ وَٱلَّذِينَ
ءَاتَيْنَـٰهُمُ ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ يَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّهُۥ
مُنَزَّلٌ مِّن رَّبِّكَ بِٱلْحَقِّ ۖ فَلَا
تَكُونَنَّ مِنَ ٱلْمُمْتَرِينَ
وَتَمَّتْ كَلِمَتُ رَبِّكَ
صِدْقًا وَعَدْلًا ۚ لَّا مُبَدِّلَ
لِكَلِمَـٰتِهِۦ ۚ وَهُوَ ٱلسَّمِيعُ ٱلْعَلِيمُ
(Say) “Shall I seek a judge
other than Allah while
it is He Who has sent
down unto you the Book,
explained in detail.”
Those unto whom
We gave the Scripture
know that it is revealed
from your Lord in truth.
So be not you of those
who doubt. And
the Word of your Lord
has been fulfilled in truth
and in justice. None
can change His Words.
And He is the All-Hearer,
the All-Knower.
Allah tells His Prophet to say to these polytheists who worship others besides Allah,
أَفَغَيْرَ اللَّهِ أَبْتَغِى حَكَماً
Shall I seek a judge other than Allah..
between you and I,
وَهُوَ الَّذِى أَنَزَلَ إِلَيْكُمُ الْكِتَـبَ مُفَصَّلاً
while it is He Who has sent down unto you the Book, explained…
in detail,
وَالَّذِينَ ءَاتَيْنَـهُمُ الْكِتَـبَ
and those unto whom We gave the Scripture
the Jews and the Christians,
يَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّهُ مُنَزَّلٌ مِّن رَّبِّكَ بِالْحَقِّ
know that it is revealed from your Lord in truth.
because the previous Prophets have conveyed the good news of you coming to them. Allah’s statement,
فَلاَ تَكُونَنَّ مِنَ الْمُمْتَرِينَ
So be not you of those who doubt
is similar to His other statement,
فَإِن كُنتَ فِي شَكٍّ
مِّمَّآ أَنزَلْنَآ إِلَيْكَ فَاسْأَلِ
الَّذِينَ يَقْرَءُونَ الْكِتَـبَ
مِن قَبْلِكَ لَقَدْ جَآءَكَ
الْحَقُّ مِن رَّبِّكَ فَلاَ تَكُونَنَّ
مِنَ الْمُمْتَرِينَ
so if you are in doubt concerning that which We have revealed unto you, then ask those who are reading the Book before you. Verily, the truth has come to you from your Lord. So be not of those who doubt (it). (Yunus 94)
The conditional `if’ in this Ayat does not mean that `doubt’ will ever occur to the Prophet . Allah said,
وَتَمَّتْ كَلِمَةُ رَبِّكَ صِدْقاً وَعَدْلاً
And the Word of your Lord has been fulfilled in truth and in justice
Qatadah commented, “In truth concerning what He stated and in justice concerning what He decided.” Surely, whatever Allah says is the truth and He is Most Just in what He commands. All of Allah’s statements are true, there is no doubt or cause for speculation about this fact, and all His commandments are pure justice, besides which there is no justice. All that He forbade is evil, for He only forbids what brings about evil consequences. Allah said in another Ayat,
يَأْمُرُهُم بِالْمَعْرُوفِ
وَيَنْهَـهُمْ عَنِ الْمُنْكَرِ
He commands them with good; and forbids them from evil…(Al-A’raf 157)
until the end of the Ayat.
لاَ مُبَدِّلَ لِكَلِمَـتِهِ
None can change His Words
meaning, none can avert Allah’s judgment whether in this life or the Hereafter,
وَهُوَ السَّمِيعُ
And He is the All-Hearer
Hearing, His servants’ statements,
الْعَلِيمُ
The All-Knower.
of their activities and lack of activity, Who awards each according to their deeds.