إِنَّمَا يَأۡمُرُكُم بِٱلسُّوٓءِ وَٱلۡفَحۡشَآءِ وَأَن تَقُولُواْ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ مَا لَا تَعۡلَمُونَ ١٦٩
He only orders you to evil and immorality and to say about Allāh what you do not know.
Translation: Saheeh International (English)
Word by word
Each word's meaning and sound
- إِنَّمَاOnlyinnamā
- يَأۡمُرُكُمhe commands youyamurukum
- بِٱلسُّوٓءِto (do) the evilbil-sūi
- وَٱلۡفَحۡشَآءِand the shamefulwal-faḥshāi
- وَأَنand thatwa-an
- تَقُولُواْyou saytaqūlū
- عَلَىaboutʿalā
- ٱللَّهِAllahl-lahi
- مَاwhatmā
- لَاnotlā
- تَعۡلَمُونَyou knowtaʿlamūna
Tafsir
Satan only commands harmful, evil actions and disobedience that will bring hardship, as well as for you to say things about faith in Allah and His sacred laws that have not been given to you by Allah or His Prophet.
Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran