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An-Nur 21

Ayah 21 of 64 · Medinan

۞ يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ لَا تَتَّبِعُواْ خُطُوَٰتِ ٱلشَّيۡطَٰنِۚ وَمَن يَتَّبِعۡ خُطُوَٰتِ ٱلشَّيۡطَٰنِ فَإِنَّهُۥ يَأۡمُرُ بِٱلۡفَحۡشَآءِ وَٱلۡمُنكَرِۚ وَلَوۡلَا فَضۡلُ ٱللَّهِ عَلَيۡكُمۡ وَرَحۡمَتُهُۥ مَا زَكَىٰ مِنكُم مِّنۡ أَحَدٍ أَبَدٗا وَلَٰكِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يُزَكِّي مَن يَشَآءُۗ وَٱللَّهُ سَمِيعٌ عَلِيمٞ ٢١

O you who have believed, do not follow the footsteps of Satan. And whoever follows the footsteps of Satan - indeed, he enjoins immorality and wrongdoing. And if not for the favor of Allāh upon you and His mercy, not one of you would have been pure, ever, but Allāh purifies whom He wills, and Allāh is Hearing and Knowing.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. ۞ يَٰٓأَيُّهَاO youyāayyuhā
  2. ٱلَّذِينَthose who(believe)alladhīna
  3. ءَامَنُواْbelieveāmanū
  4. لَا(Do) notlā
  5. تَتَّبِعُواْfollowtattabiʿū
  6. خُطُوَٰتِ(the) footstepskhuṭuwāti
  7. ٱلشَّيۡطَٰنِۚ(of) the Shaitaanl-shayṭāni
  8. وَمَنand whoeverwaman
  9. يَتَّبِعۡfollowsyattabiʿ
  10. خُطُوَٰتِ(the) footstepskhuṭuwāti
  11. ٱلشَّيۡطَٰنِ(of) the Shaitaanl-shayṭāni
  12. فَإِنَّهُۥthen indeed, hefa-innahu
  13. يَأۡمُرُcommandsyamuru
  14. بِٱلۡفَحۡشَآءِthe immoralitybil-faḥshāi
  15. وَٱلۡمُنكَرِۚand the evilwal-munkari
  16. وَلَوۡلَاAnd if notwalawlā
  17. فَضۡلُ(for the) Grace of Allahfaḍlu
  18. ٱللَّهِ(for the) Grace of Allahl-lahi
  19. عَلَيۡكُمۡupon youʿalaykum
  20. وَرَحۡمَتُهُۥand His Mercywaraḥmatuhu
  21. مَاnotmā
  22. زَكَىٰ(would) have been purezakā
  23. مِنكُمamong youminkum
  24. مِّنۡanyonemin
  25. أَحَدٍanyoneaḥadin
  26. أَبَدٗاeverabadan
  27. وَلَٰكِنَّbutwalākinna
  28. ٱللَّهَAllahl-laha
  29. يُزَكِّيpurifiesyuzakkī
  30. مَنwhomman
  31. يَشَآءُۗHe willsyashāu
  32. وَٱللَّهُAnd Allahwal-lahu
  33. سَمِيعٌ(is) All-Hearersamīʿun
  34. عَلِيمٞAll-Knowerʿalīmun

Tafsir

O those who have faith in Allah and who act on His sacred law, do not follow the ways of the satan in his adornment of falsehood. Whoever follows his ways - he commands despicable actions and sayings, and what the sacred law disapproves of. Had it not been for Allah’s grace upon you, O believers, not a single one of you would have become pure through repentance if he did repent, but in fact, Allah purifies whom He wants by accepting his repentance. Allah is Hearing of your statements, Knowing of your actions; nothing of them is hidden from Him and He shall reward you for them.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran