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Surah 34. Saba, Ayah 50

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قُلْ إِن ضَلَلْتُ فَإِنَّمَآ أَضِلُّ عَلَىٰ نَفْسِى ۖ وَإِنِ ٱهْتَدَيْتُ فَبِمَا يُوحِىٓ إِلَىَّ رَبِّىٓ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ سَمِيعٌ قَرِيبٌ
Qul in d alaltu fainnam a a d illu AAal a nafsee waini ihtadaytu fabim a yoo h ee ilayya rabbee innahu sameeAAun qareeb un
Say: "Were I to go astray, I would but go astray [due to my own self, and] to the hurt of myself;62 but if I am on the right path, it is but by virtue of what my Sustainer reveals unto me: for, verily. He is all-hearing. ever-near!"
  - Mohammad Asad

According to Zamakhshari, the idea expressed by the interpolated words "due to my own self" is implied in the above, inasmuch as "everything that goes against [the spiritual interests of] oneself is caused by oneself". (See note [4] on 14:4 .)

Say: "If I am in error, the loss is surely mine and if I am right, it is because of what my Rabb has revealed to me. Surely He hears all and is very close."
  - Muhammad Farooq-i-Azam Malik
Say, 'If I am astray, the loss is only mine. And if I am guided, it is 'only' because of what my Lord reveals to me. He is indeed All-Hearing, Ever Near.'
  - Mustafa Khattab
Say: If I err, I err only to my own loss, and if I am rightly guided it is because of that which my Lord hath revealed unto me. Lo! He is Hearer, Nigh.
  - Marmaduke Pickthall
Say: "If I am astray I only stray to the loss of my own soul: but if I receive guidance it is because of the inspiration of my Lord to me: it is He Who hears all things and is (ever) near." 3862
  - Abdullah Yusuf Ali

If it could possibly be supposed that the Prophet was a self-deceived visionary, it would affect him only, and could not fail to appear in his personality. But in fact he was steady in his constancy and Faith, and he not only went from strength to strength, but won the enduring and whole-hearted love and devotion of his nearest and dearest and of those who most came into contact with him. How was this possible, unless he had the Truth and the inspiration of Allah behind him? This is the fifth and last argument in this passage.

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