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Al-'Ankabut 16

Ayah 16 of 69 · Meccan

وَإِبۡرَٰهِيمَ إِذۡ قَالَ لِقَوۡمِهِ ٱعۡبُدُواْ ٱللَّهَ وَٱتَّقُوهُۖ ذَٰلِكُمۡ خَيۡرٞ لَّكُمۡ إِن كُنتُمۡ تَعۡلَمُونَ ١٦

And [We sent] Abraham, when he said to his people, "Worship Allāh and fear Him. That is best for you, if you should know.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَإِبۡرَٰهِيمَAnd Ibrahim wa-ib'rāhīma
  2. إِذۡwhenidh
  3. قَالَhe saidqāla
  4. لِقَوۡمِهِto his peopleliqawmihi
  5. ٱعۡبُدُواْWorshipuʿ'budū
  6. ٱللَّهَAllahl-laha
  7. وَٱتَّقُوهُۖand fear Himwa-ittaqūhu
  8. ذَٰلِكُمۡThatdhālikum
  9. خَيۡرٞ(is) betterkhayrun
  10. لَّكُمۡfor youlakum
  11. إِنifin
  12. كُنتُمۡyoukuntum
  13. تَعۡلَمُونَknowtaʿlamūna

Tafsir

O Messenger, remember the story of Abraham when he said to his people: “Worship Allah alone, and fear His punishment by carrying out His commands and refraining from His prohibitions. That which is being ordered that is better for you if you really want to know what is better for you.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran