وَإِن كَادُوا۟ لَيَفْتِنُونَكَ عَنِ ٱلَّذِىٓ أَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَيْكَ لِتَفْتَرِىَ عَلَيْنَا غَيْرَهُۥ ۖ …

Quran 17:73 is ayah 73 of Surah Al-Isra (“The Night Journey”), a Meccan surah of 111 ayahs. It is in Juz 15, on page 289 of the Madani Mushaf.

Juz 15
Hizb 29
Page 289
Ruku 8
Revealed Mecca

17:73

وَإِنكَادُوا۟لَيَفْتِنُونَكَعَنِٱلَّذِىٓأَوْحَيْنَآإِلَيْكَلِتَفْتَرِىَعَلَيْنَاغَيْرَهُۥ ۖوَإِذًالَّٱتَّخَذُوكَخَلِيلًا٧٣

wa-in kādū layaftinūnaka ʿani alladhī awḥaynā ilayka litaftariya ʿalaynā ghayrahu wa-idhan la-ittakhadhūka khalīlan

And indeed, they were about to tempt you away from that which We revealed to you in order to [make] you invent about Us something else; and then they would have taken you as a friend.(73)

Word by word

وَإِنwa-inAnd indeed
كَادُوا۟kādūthey were about (to)
لَيَفْتِنُونَكَlayaftinūnakatempt you away
عَنِʿanifrom
ٱلَّذِىٓalladhīthat which
أَوْحَيْنَآawḥaynāWe revealed
إِلَيْكَilaykato you
لِتَفْتَرِىَlitaftariyathat you invent
عَلَيْنَاʿalaynāabout Us
غَيْرَهُۥ ۖghayrahuother (than) it
وَإِذًاwa-idhanAnd then
لَّٱتَّخَذُوكَla-ittakhadhūkasurely they would take you
خَلِيلًاkhalīlan(as) a friend

Tafsir (commentary) of 17:73

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This commentary explains ayahs 17:73–75 together.

How the Prophet would have been punished if He had given in at all to the Disbelievers' Demands that He change some of the Revelation

Allah tells us how He supported His Prophet and protected him and kept him safe from the evil plots of the wicked transgressors. Allah is the One Who took care of him and helped him, and would not leave him to any of His creation. He is the One Who is His Helper, Supporter and Protector, the One Who is to help him achieve victory and make His religion prevail over those who resist him and oppose him and fight him in the east and in the west. May Allah send peace and blessings upon him until the Day of Judgement.

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