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An-Nisa 60

Ayah 60 of 176 · Medinan

أَلَمۡ تَرَ إِلَى ٱلَّذِينَ يَزۡعُمُونَ أَنَّهُمۡ ءَامَنُواْ بِمَآ أُنزِلَ إِلَيۡكَ وَمَآ أُنزِلَ مِن قَبۡلِكَ يُرِيدُونَ أَن يَتَحَاكَمُوٓاْ إِلَى ٱلطَّٰغُوتِ وَقَدۡ أُمِرُوٓاْ أَن يَكۡفُرُواْ بِهِۦۖ وَيُرِيدُ ٱلشَّيۡطَٰنُ أَن يُضِلَّهُمۡ ضَلَٰلَۢا بَعِيدٗا ٦٠

Have you not seen those who claim to have believed in what was revealed to you, [O Muḥammad], and what was revealed before you? They wish to refer legislation to ṭāghūt,1 while they were commanded to reject it; and Satan wishes to lead them far astray.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 False objects of worship or those transgressors who usurp the divine right of government.

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. أَلَمۡDo notalam
  2. تَرَyou seetara
  3. إِلَى[towards]ilā
  4. ٱلَّذِينَthose whoalladhīna
  5. يَزۡعُمُونَclaimyazʿumūna
  6. أَنَّهُمۡthat theyannahum
  7. ءَامَنُواْbelieveāmanū
  8. بِمَآin whatbimā
  9. أُنزِلَ(is) revealedunzila
  10. إِلَيۡكَto youilayka
  11. وَمَآand whatwamā
  12. أُنزِلَwas revealedunzila
  13. مِنfrommin
  14. قَبۡلِكَbefore youqablika
  15. يُرِيدُونَThey wishyurīdūna
  16. أَنtoan
  17. يَتَحَاكَمُوٓاْgo for judgmentyataḥākamū
  18. إِلَىtoilā
  19. ٱلطَّٰغُوتِthe false deitiesl-ṭāghūti
  20. وَقَدۡand surelywaqad
  21. أُمِرُوٓاْthey were orderedumirū
  22. أَنtoan
  23. يَكۡفُرُواْrejectyakfurū
  24. بِهِۦۖ[with] itbihi
  25. وَيُرِيدُAnd wisheswayurīdu
  26. ٱلشَّيۡطَٰنُthe Shaitaanl-shayṭānu
  27. أَنtoan
  28. يُضِلَّهُمۡmislead themyuḍillahum
  29. ضَلَٰلَۢاastray ḍalālan
  30. بَعِيدٗاfar awaybaʿīdan

Tafsir

Have you not seen, O Messenger, the contradiction of the hypocrites among the Jews, who claim falsely that they have faith in what was revealed to you and in what was revealed to the messengers before you, but in resolving their disagreements want to refer back to what Allah has not legislated, and what people have invented, when they were instructed to reject such things. Satan wants to lead them far away from the truth, and they will not be guided through this.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran