أَمْ يَقُولُونَ ٱفْتَرَىٰهُ ۖ قُلْ
إِنِ ٱفْتَرَيْتُهُۥ فَعَلَىَّ
إِجْرَامِى وَأَنَا۠ بَرِىٓءٌ
مِّمَّا تُجْرِمُونَ
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.
An Interruption to verify the Truthfulness of the Prophet
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
فَعَلَىَّ إِجْرَامِى
Say: “If I have fabricated it, upon me be my crimes…”
This means: such sin would be mine alone.
وَأَنَاْ بَرِىءٌ
مِّمَّا تُجْرَمُونَ
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.