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An-Naml 55

Ayah 55 of 93 · Meccan

أَئِنَّكُمۡ لَتَأۡتُونَ ٱلرِّجَالَ شَهۡوَةٗ مِّن دُونِ ٱلنِّسَآءِۚ بَلۡ أَنتُمۡ قَوۡمٞ تَجۡهَلُونَ ٥٥

Do you indeed approach men with desire instead of women? Rather, you are a people behaving ignorantly."

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. أَئِنَّكُمۡWhy do youa-innakum
  2. لَتَأۡتُونَapproachlatatūna
  3. ٱلرِّجَالَthe menl-rijāla
  4. شَهۡوَةٗ(with) lustshahwatan
  5. مِّنinstead ofmin
  6. دُونِinstead ofdūni
  7. ٱلنِّسَآءِۚthe womenl-nisāi
  8. بَلۡNaybal
  9. أَنتُمۡyouantum
  10. قَوۡمٞ(are) a peopleqawmun
  11. تَجۡهَلُونَignoranttajhalūna

Tafsir

Do you come to men lustfully, leaving the women, not intending chastity or children but only to fulfil animalistic lust? But rather you are a people ignorant of what is necessary upon you, namely faith, purity and staying far from sins”.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran