We would have invented against Allah a lie if we returned to your religion after Allah had saved us from it. And it is not for us to return to it except that Allah, our Lord, should will. Our Lord has encompassed all things in knowledge. Upon Allah we have relied. Our Lord, decide between us and our people in truth, and You are the best of those who give decision."
اردو — مودودی
ہم اللہ پر جھوٹ گھڑنے والے ہوں گے اگر تمہاری ملت میں پلٹ آئیں جبکہ اللہ ہمیں اس سے نجات دے چکا ہے ہمارے لیے تو اس کی طرف پلٹنا اب کسی طرح ممکن نہیں الا یہ کہ خدا ہمارا رب ہی ایسا چاہے ہمارے رب کا علم ہر چیز پر حاوی ہے، اُسی پر ہم نے اعتماد کر لیا اے رب، ہمارے اور ہماری قوم کے درمیان ٹھیک ٹھیک فیصلہ کر دے اور تو بہترین فیصلہ کرنے والا ہے"
Bahasa Indonesia — Kemenag
Sungguh kami mengada-adakan kebohongan yang benar terhadap Allah, jika kami kembali kepada agamamu, sesudah Allah melepaskan kami dari padanya. Dan tidaklah patut kami kembali kepadanya, kecuali jika Allah, Tuhan kami menghendaki(nya). Pengetahuan Tuhan kami meliputi segala sesuatu. Kepada Allah sajalah kami bertawakkal. Ya Tuhan kami, berilah keputusan antara kami dan kaum kami dengan hak (adil) dan Engkaulah Pemberi keputusan yang sebaik-baiknya.
Ibn Kathir
Allah describes the way the disbelievers answered His ProphetShu` ayb and those who believed in him, by threatening them withexpulsion from their village, or with forceful reversion to thedisbeliever's religion.
The chiefs spoke the words mentioned here to the Messenger Shu`ayb, but intended it for those who followed his religion too. The statement,
أَوَلَوْ كُنَّا كَـرِهِينَ
("Even though we hate it"), means, would you force us to do that, even though we hate what you are calling us to Certainly if we revert to your religion and accept your ways, we will have uttered a tremendous lie against Allah by calling partners as rivals to Him,
وَمَا يَكُونُ لَنَآ أَن نَّعُودَ فِيهَآ إِلاَ أَن يَشَآءَ اللَّهُ رَبُّنَا
(And it is not for us to return to it unless Allah, our Lord, should will.) This part of the Ayah refers all matters to Allah's will, and certainly, He has perfect knowledge of all matters and His observation encompasses all things,
عَلَى اللَّهِ تَوَكَّلْنَا
(In Allah (Alone) we put our trust. ), concerning all our affairs, what we practice of them and what we ignore,
رَبَّنَا افْتَحْ بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَ قَوْمِنَا بِالْحَقِّ
(Our Lord! Judge between us and our people in truth) judge between us and our people and give us victory over them,
وَأَنتَ خَيْرُ الْفَـتِحِينَ
(for You are the best of those who give judgment) and You are the Most Just Who never wrongs any in His judgment.
المُيَسَّر
وقال شعيب لقومه مستدركًا: قد اختلقنا على الله الكذب إن عُدْنا إلى دينكم بعد أن أنقذنا الله منه، وليس لنا أن نتحول إلى غير دين ربنا إلا أن يشاء الله ربنا، وقد وسع ربنا كل شيء علمًا، فيعلم ما يصلح للعباد، على الله وحده اعتمادنا هداية ونصرة، ربنا احكم بيننا وبين قومنا بالحق، وأنت خير الحاكمين.