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An-Nur 54

Ayah 54 of 64 · Medinan

قُلۡ أَطِيعُواْ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُواْ ٱلرَّسُولَۖ فَإِن تَوَلَّوۡاْ فَإِنَّمَا عَلَيۡهِ مَا حُمِّلَ وَعَلَيۡكُم مَّا حُمِّلۡتُمۡۖ وَإِن تُطِيعُوهُ تَهۡتَدُواْۚ وَمَا عَلَى ٱلرَّسُولِ إِلَّا ٱلۡبَلَٰغُ ٱلۡمُبِينُ ٥٤

Say, "Obey Allāh and obey the Messenger; but if you turn away - then upon him is only that [duty] with which he has been charged, and upon you is that with which you have been charged. And if you obey him, you will be [rightly] guided. And there is not upon the Messenger except the [responsibility for] clear notification."

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. قُلۡSayqul
  2. أَطِيعُواْObeyaṭīʿū
  3. ٱللَّهَAllahl-laha
  4. وَأَطِيعُواْand obeywa-aṭīʿū
  5. ٱلرَّسُولَۖthe Messengerl-rasūla
  6. فَإِنbut iffa-in
  7. تَوَلَّوۡاْyou turn awaytawallaw
  8. فَإِنَّمَاthen onlyfa-innamā
  9. عَلَيۡهِupon himʿalayhi
  10. مَا(is) whatmā
  11. حُمِّلَ(is) placed on himḥummila
  12. وَعَلَيۡكُمand on youwaʿalaykum
  13. مَّا(is) whatmā
  14. حُمِّلۡتُمۡۖ(is) placed on youḥummil'tum
  15. وَإِنAnd ifwa-in
  16. تُطِيعُوهُyou obey himtuṭīʿūhu
  17. تَهۡتَدُواْۚyou will be guidedtahtadū
  18. وَمَاAnd notwamā
  19. عَلَى(is) onʿalā
  20. ٱلرَّسُولِthe Messengerl-rasūli
  21. إِلَّاexceptillā
  22. ٱلۡبَلَٰغُthe conveyancel-balāghu
  23. ٱلۡمُبِينُ[the] clearl-mubīnu

Tafsir

O Messenger! Say to these hypocrites: “Obey Allah and His Messenger both physically and spiritually. If you turn away from their obedience as you have been commanded, then his responsibility is only to convey the message as he has been tasked, whereas the responsibility you have been tasked with is to obey and implement whatever he has brought. If you obey him in whatever he commands you to do and refrain from whatever he prevents you from, you shall be guided to the truth. The Messenger’s responsibility is only to convey the message clearly, not to carry you onto guidance or force you upon it.”

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran