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Al-Baqarah 21

Ayah 21 of 286 · Medinan

يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّاسُ ٱعۡبُدُواْ رَبَّكُمُ ٱلَّذِي خَلَقَكُمۡ وَٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبۡلِكُمۡ لَعَلَّكُمۡ تَتَّقُونَ ٢١

O mankind, worship your Lord, who created you and those before you, that you may become righteous -

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. يَٰٓأَيُّهَاOyāayyuhā
  2. ٱلنَّاسُmankindl-nāsu
  3. ٱعۡبُدُواْworshipuʿ'budū
  4. رَبَّكُمُyour Lordrabbakumu
  5. ٱلَّذِيthe One Whoalladhī
  6. خَلَقَكُمۡcreated youkhalaqakum
  7. وَٱلَّذِينَand thosewa-alladhīna
  8. مِنfrommin
  9. قَبۡلِكُمۡbefore youqablikum
  10. لَعَلَّكُمۡso that you maylaʿallakum
  11. تَتَّقُونَbecome righteoustattaqūna

Tafsir

O people, worship no one other than your Lord, because He created you and the people before you, so that you may save yourselves from suffering, by following His instructions and keeping away from what He has prohibited.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran