وَقَالَ رَبُّكُمُ ٱدۡعُونِيٓ أَسۡتَجِبۡ لَكُمۡۚ إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ يَسۡتَكۡبِرُونَ عَنۡ عِبَادَتِي سَيَدۡخُلُونَ جَهَنَّمَ دَاخِرِينَ ٦٠
And your Lord says, "Call upon Me; I will respond to you." Indeed, those who disdain My worship will enter Hell [rendered] contemptible.
Translation: Saheeh International (English)
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وَقَالَ And said waqāla رَبُّكُمُ your Lord rabbukumu ٱدۡعُونِيٓ Call upon Me id'ʿūnī أَسۡتَجِبۡ I will respond astajib لَكُمۡۚ to you lakum إِنَّ Indeed inna ٱلَّذِينَ those who alladhīna يَسۡتَكۡبِرُونَ (are) proud yastakbirūna عَنۡ to ʿan عِبَادَتِي worship Me ʿibādatī سَيَدۡخُلُونَ will enter sayadkhulūna جَهَنَّمَ Hell jahannama دَاخِرِينَ (in) humiliation dākhirīna Tafsir O people, your Lord said: “Call upon Me alone and worship Me alone, and do not associate any partner with Me. Those who are too arrogant in worshipping Me alone will enter the fire on the Day of Judgment, low and disgraced”.
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