قَالُوا۟ يَـٰهُودُ مَا جِئْتَنَا
بِبَيِّنَةٍ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِتَارِكِىٓ
ءَالِهَتِنَا عَن قَوْلِكَ وَمَا
نَحْنُ لَكَ بِمُؤْمِنِينَ
إِن نَّقُولُ إِلَّا ٱعْتَرَىٰكَ
بَعْضُ ءَالِهَتِنَا بِسُوٓءٍ ۗ قَالَ
إِنِّىٓ أُشْهِدُ ٱللَّهَ
وَٱشْهَدُوٓا۟ أَنِّى بَرِىٓءٌ
مِّمَّا تُشْرِكُونَ
مِن دُونِهِۦ ۖ فَكِيدُونِى
جَمِيعًا ثُمَّ لَا تُنظِرُونِ
إِنِّى تَوَكَّلْتُ عَلَى
ٱللَّهِ رَبِّى وَرَبِّكُم ۚ مَّا
مِن دَآبَّةٍ إِلَّا هُوَ
ءَاخِذٌۢ بِنَاصِيَتِهَآ ۚ إِنَّ
رَبِّى عَلَىٰ صِرَٰطٍ مُّسْتَقِيمٍ
They said: “O Hud!
No evidence have
you brought us, and
we shall not leave
our gods for your
(mere) saying! And
we are not believers
in you. All that we
say is that some of
our gods (false deities)
have seized you with
evil (madness). He
said: “I call Allah
to witness and bear
you witness that
I am free from that
which you ascribe
as partners in worship,
Besides Him (Allah).
So plot against me,
all of you, and give
me no respite.”
I put my trust in
Allah, my Lord and
your Lord! There is
not a moving creature
but He has the grasp
of its forelock. Verily,
my Lord is on the
straight path (the truth).
The Conversation between (the People of) `Ad and Hud
Allah, the Exalted, informs that they said to their Prophet,
مَا جِئْتَنَا بِبَيِّنَةٍ
No evidence have you brought us
This means that they claimed that Hud had not brought them any proof or evidence for what he claimed.
وَمَا نَحْنُ بِتَارِكِى
ءالِهَتِنَا عَن قَوْلِكَ
and we shall not leave our gods for your (mere) saying!
They were saying how could his mere statement, “Leave these gods,” be sufficient proof for them to leave their idols
وَمَا نَحْنُ لَكَ بِمُؤْمِنِينَ
and we are not believers in you
This means that they did not believe what he was saying was true.
إِن نَّقُولُ إِلاَّ اعْتَرَاكَ
بَعْضُ ءَالِهَتِنَا بِسُوءٍ
All that we say is that some of our gods have seized you with evil
They were saying, “We think that some of our idols have afflicted you with madness and insanity in your intellect because you are trying to stop them from being worshipped and defame them.”
قَالَ إِنِّى أُشْهِدُ اللَّهِ
وَاشْهَدُواْ أَنِّى بَرِىءٌ
مِّمَّا تُشْرِكُونَمِن دُونِهِ
He said: “I call Allah to witness and bear you witness, that I am free from that which you ascribe as partners in worship besides Him (Allah).
Here, he is saying, “Verily, I am innocent of all of the rivals and idols (that you associate with Allah).
فَكِيدُونِى جَمِيعًا
So plot against me, all of you, you and your gods if they are true.”
ثُمَّ لاَ تُنظِرُونِ
and give me no respite
the blinking of an eye.” Then, Allah says,
إِنِّى تَوَكَّلْتُ عَلَى
اللَّهِ رَبِّى وَرَبِّكُمْ مَّا
مِن دَآبَّةٍ إِلاَّ هُوَ ءاخِذٌ
بِنَاصِيَتِهَآ
I put my trust in Allah, my Lord and your Lord! There is not a moving creature but He has the grasp of its forelock.
Every creature is under His (Allah’s) power and His authority. He is the Best Judge, the Most Just, Who does not do any injustice in His ruling. For verily, He is upon the straight path. Verily, this argument contains a far-reaching proof and absolute evidence of the truthfulness of what Hud had come to them with. It also proves the falsehood of them worshipping idols that could not benefit nor harm them. Rather, these idols were inanimate objects that could not hear, see, befriend, or make enmity. The only One Who is worthy of having worship directed solely towards Him is Allah alone, without any partners. He is the One in Whose Hand is the sovereignty and He is in control of all things. There is nothing except that it is under His owner- ship, power and authority. Thus, there is no deity worthy of worship except Him and there is no Lord other than Him.