يَٰٓأَبَتِ لَا تَعۡبُدِ ٱلشَّيۡطَٰنَۖ إِنَّ ٱلشَّيۡطَٰنَ كَانَ لِلرَّحۡمَٰنِ عَصِيّٗا ٤٤
O my father, do not worship [i.e., obey] Satan. Indeed Satan has ever been, to the Most Merciful, disobedient.
Translation: Saheeh International (English)
Word by word
Each word's meaning and sound
- يَٰٓأَبَتِO my fatheryāabati
- لَا(Do) notlā
- تَعۡبُدِworshiptaʿbudi
- ٱلشَّيۡطَٰنَۖthe Shaitaanl-shayṭāna
- إِنَّIndeedinna
- ٱلشَّيۡطَٰنَthe Shaitaanl-shayṭāna
- كَانَiskāna
- لِلرَّحۡمَٰنِto the Most Graciouslilrraḥmāni
- عَصِيّٗاdisobedientʿaṣiyyan
Tafsir
O father, do not worship the satan by obeying him. The satan is disobedient to the Merciful, as He ordered him to prostrate to Adam but he did not prostrate.
Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran