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Ar-Ra'd 33

Ayah 33 of 43 · Medinan

أَفَمَنۡ هُوَ قَآئِمٌ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ نَفۡسِۭ بِمَا كَسَبَتۡۗ وَجَعَلُواْ لِلَّهِ شُرَكَآءَ قُلۡ سَمُّوهُمۡۚ أَمۡ تُنَبِّـُٔونَهُۥ بِمَا لَا يَعۡلَمُ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ أَم بِظَٰهِرٖ مِّنَ ٱلۡقَوۡلِۗ بَلۡ زُيِّنَ لِلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ مَكۡرُهُمۡ وَصُدُّواْ عَنِ ٱلسَّبِيلِۗ وَمَن يُضۡلِلِ ٱللَّهُ فَمَا لَهُۥ مِنۡ هَادٖ ٣٣

Then is He who is a maintainer of every soul, [knowing] what it has earned, [like any other]? But to Allāh they have attributed partners. Say, "Name them. Or do you inform Him of that1 which He knows not upon the earth or of what is apparent [i.e., alleged] of speech?"2 Rather, their [own] plan has been made attractive to those who disbelieve, and they have been averted from the way. And whomever Allāh sends astray - there will be for him no guide.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 i.e., other "deities."

2 i.e., your attributing of divinity to other than Allāh.

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. أَفَمَنۡIs then He Whoafaman
  2. هُوَ(He)huwa
  3. قَآئِمٌ(is) a Maintainerqāimun
  4. عَلَىٰofʿalā
  5. كُلِّeverykulli
  6. نَفۡسِۭsoulnafsin
  7. بِمَاfor whatbimā
  8. كَسَبَتۡۗit has earnedkasabat
  9. وَجَعَلُواْYet they ascribewajaʿalū
  10. لِلَّهِto Allahlillahi
  11. شُرَكَآءَpartnersshurakāa
  12. قُلۡSayqul
  13. سَمُّوهُمۡۚName themsammūhum
  14. أَمۡOram
  15. تُنَبِّـُٔونَهُۥ(do) you inform Himtunabbiūnahu
  16. بِمَاof whatbimā
  17. لَاnotlā
  18. يَعۡلَمُHe knowsyaʿlamu
  19. فِيinfī
  20. ٱلۡأَرۡضِthe earthl-arḍi
  21. أَمoram
  22. بِظَٰهِرٖof the apparentbiẓāhirin
  23. مِّنَofmina
  24. ٱلۡقَوۡلِۗthe wordsl-qawli
  25. بَلۡNaybal
  26. زُيِّنَ(is) made fair-seemingzuyyina
  27. لِلَّذِينَto those wholilladhīna
  28. كَفَرُواْdisbelievekafarū
  29. مَكۡرُهُمۡtheir plottingmakruhum
  30. وَصُدُّواْand they are hinderedwaṣuddū
  31. عَنِfromʿani
  32. ٱلسَّبِيلِۗthe Pathl-sabīli
  33. وَمَنAnd whoeverwaman
  34. يُضۡلِلِ(by) Allahyuḍ'lili
  35. ٱللَّهُAllah lets go astrayl-lahu
  36. فَمَاthen notfamā
  37. لَهُۥfor himlahu
  38. مِنۡanymin
  39. هَادٖguidehādin

Tafsir

Is the One who watches over the actions of every soul and who recompenses it for its actions more deserving of being worshipped, or these idols who do not have any right to be worshipped? Yet the disbelievers have unjustly and falsely made them partners to Allah. Say to them, O Messenger, : Tell us the names of the partners that you worship together with Allah if you are true in your claim. Or is it that you are informing Allah of partners on earth that He does not know of? Or are you informing Him with a show of words that have no reality? Rather, Satan has made the evil designs of the disbelievers seem good to them. Thus they rejected Allah and He turned them away from the path of righteousness and guidance.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran