قُل لَّوۡ شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ مَا تَلَوۡتُهُۥ عَلَيۡكُمۡ وَلَآ أَدۡرَىٰكُم بِهِۦۖ فَقَدۡ لَبِثۡتُ فِيكُمۡ عُمُرٗا مِّن قَبۡلِهِۦٓۚ أَفَلَا تَعۡقِلُونَ ١٦
Qul law shāʾallāhu mā talawtuhū ʿalaykum wa lā adrākum bih, faqad labithtu fīkum ʿumuram min qablih, afalā taʿqilūn.
Say, "If Allāh had willed, I would not have recited it to you, nor would He have made it known to you, for I had remained among you a lifetime before it.1 Then will you not reason?"
Translation: Sahih International
Footnotes (1)
- The Prophet (ﷺ) lived among his people forty years before receiving any revelation.