The Rooms
49. Al-Ḥujurāt
الحجرات
Page #517
49:17
يَمُنُّونَ
عَلَيْكَ
أَنْ
أَسْلَمُوا
قُل
لَّا
تَمُنُّوا
عَلَيَّ
إِسْلَامَكُم
بَلِ
اللَّهُ
يَمُنُّ
عَلَيْكُمْ
أَنْ
هَدَاكُمْ
لِلْإِيمَانِ
إِن
كُنتُمْ
صَادِقِينَ
yamunnūna ʿalayka ʾan ʾaslamū qul lā tamunnū ʿalayya ʾislāmakum bali llāhu yamunnu ʿalaykum ʾan hadākum li-l-ʾīmāni ʾin kuntum ṣādiqīna
They count it as a favour to you that they have embraced Islam. Say, ‘Do not count your embracing of Islam as a favour to me. No, it is Allah who has done you a favour in that He has guided you to faith, if you are truthful [in your claim].
— Ali Quli Qarai
They impress on thee as a favour that they have embraced Islam. Say, "Count not your Islam as a favour upon me: Nay, Allah has conferred a favour upon you that He has guided you to the faith, if ye be true and sincere.