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An-Nur 63

Ayah 63 of 64 · Medinan

لَّا تَجۡعَلُواْ دُعَآءَ ٱلرَّسُولِ بَيۡنَكُمۡ كَدُعَآءِ بَعۡضِكُم بَعۡضٗاۚ قَدۡ يَعۡلَمُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِينَ يَتَسَلَّلُونَ مِنكُمۡ لِوَاذٗاۚ فَلۡيَحۡذَرِ ٱلَّذِينَ يُخَالِفُونَ عَنۡ أَمۡرِهِۦٓ أَن تُصِيبَهُمۡ فِتۡنَةٌ أَوۡ يُصِيبَهُمۡ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ ٦٣

Do not make [your] calling of the Messenger among yourselves as the call of one of you to another. Already Allāh knows those of you who slip away, concealed by others. So let those beware who dissent from his [i.e., the Prophet's] order,1 lest fitnah2 strike them or a painful punishment.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 Meaning also his way or his sunnah.

2 Trials, affliction, dissension, strife, etc.

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. لَّا(Do) notlā
  2. تَجۡعَلُواْmaketajʿalū
  3. دُعَآءَ(the) callingduʿāa
  4. ٱلرَّسُولِ(of) the Messengerl-rasūli
  5. بَيۡنَكُمۡamong youbaynakum
  6. كَدُعَآءِas (the) callkaduʿāi
  7. بَعۡضِكُم(of) some of youbaʿḍikum
  8. بَعۡضٗاۚ(to) othersbaʿḍan
  9. قَدۡVerilyqad
  10. يَعۡلَمُAllah knowsyaʿlamu
  11. ٱللَّهُAllah knowsl-lahu
  12. ٱلَّذِينَthose whoalladhīna
  13. يَتَسَلَّلُونَslip awayyatasallalūna
  14. مِنكُمۡamong youminkum
  15. لِوَاذٗاۚunder shelterliwādhan
  16. فَلۡيَحۡذَرِSo let bewarefalyaḥdhari
  17. ٱلَّذِينَthose whoalladhīna
  18. يُخَالِفُونَopposeyukhālifūna
  19. عَنۡ[from]ʿan
  20. أَمۡرِهِۦٓhis ordersamrihi
  21. أَنlestan
  22. تُصِيبَهُمۡbefalls themtuṣībahum
  23. فِتۡنَةٌa trialfit'natun
  24. أَوۡoraw
  25. يُصِيبَهُمۡbefalls themyuṣībahum
  26. عَذَابٌa punishmentʿadhābun
  27. أَلِيمٌpainfulalīmun

Tafsir

O believers! Honour the Messenger of Allah; when you call out to him, do not call him by name, e.g. “O Muhammad!”, or the name of his father, e.g. “O the son of Abdullah!”, like you call one another. Rather, say: “O Messenger of Allah, O Prophet of Allah!” And when he summons you for a general matter, do not treat his summoning like that of each other in petty issues; rather, hasten to answering his summon. Verily, Allah knows of those of you who leave covertly without seeking permission, so those who go against the command of the Messenger of Allah peace be upon him should fear that Allah can afflict them with trials and afflictions, or with a painful punishment they cannot bear.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran