وَسۡـَٔلۡ مَنۡ أَرۡسَلۡنَا مِن قَبۡلِكَ مِن رُّسُلِنَآ أَجَعَلۡنَا مِن دُونِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ءَالِهَةٗ يُعۡبَدُونَ ٤٥
And ask those We sent before you of Our messengers; have We made besides the Most Merciful deities to be worshipped?
Translation: Saheeh International (English)
Word by word
Each word's meaning and sound
- وَسۡـَٔلۡAnd askwasal
- مَنۡ(those) whomman
- أَرۡسَلۡنَاWe sentarsalnā
- مِنbefore youmin
- قَبۡلِكَbefore youqablika
- مِنofmin
- رُّسُلِنَآOur Messengersrusulinā
- أَجَعَلۡنَاdid We makeajaʿalnā
- مِنbesidesmin
- دُونِbesidesdūni
- ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِthe Most Graciousl-raḥmāni
- ءَالِهَةٗgodsālihatan
- يُعۡبَدُونَto be worshippedyuʿ'badūna
Tafsir
O Messenger! Ask those messengers I sent before you: “Did Allah make deities that were to be worshipped instead of the Merciful?”
Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran