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Taha 16

Ayah 16 of 135 · Meccan

فَلَا يَصُدَّنَّكَ عَنۡهَا مَن لَّا يُؤۡمِنُ بِهَا وَٱتَّبَعَ هَوَىٰهُ فَتَرۡدَىٰ ١٦

So do not let one avert you from it1 who does not believe in it and follows his desire, for you [then] would perish.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 From preparation for the Hour or for the Hereafter.

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Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. فَلَاSo (do) notfalā
  2. يَصُدَّنَّكَ(let) avert youyaṣuddannaka
  3. عَنۡهَاfrom itʿanhā
  4. مَن(one) whoman
  5. لَّا(does) notlā
  6. يُؤۡمِنُbelieveyu'minu
  7. بِهَاin itbihā
  8. وَٱتَّبَعَand followswa-ittabaʿa
  9. هَوَىٰهُhis desireshawāhu
  10. فَتَرۡدَىٰlest you perishfatardā

Tafsir

Do not let those disbelievers who do not believe in it and who follow their unlawful desires distract you from believing in it and preparing for it by doing righteous action and so bring you to ruin on account of it.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran