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Al-Jathiyah 18

Ayah 18 of 37 · Meccan

ثُمَّ جَعَلۡنَٰكَ عَلَىٰ شَرِيعَةٖ مِّنَ ٱلۡأَمۡرِ فَٱتَّبِعۡهَا وَلَا تَتَّبِعۡ أَهۡوَآءَ ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يَعۡلَمُونَ ١٨

Then We put you, [O Muḥammad], on an ordained way concerning the matter [of religion]; so follow it and do not follow the inclinations of those who do not know.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. ثُمَّThenthumma
  2. جَعَلۡنَٰكَWe put youjaʿalnāka
  3. عَلَىٰonʿalā
  4. شَرِيعَةٖan ordained waysharīʿatin
  5. مِّنَofmina
  6. ٱلۡأَمۡرِthe matterl-amri
  7. فَٱتَّبِعۡهَاso follow itfa-ittabiʿ'hā
  8. وَلَاand (do) notwalā
  9. تَتَّبِعۡfollowtattabiʿ
  10. أَهۡوَآءَ(the) desiresahwāa
  11. ٱلَّذِينَ(of) those whoalladhīna
  12. لَا(do) notlā
  13. يَعۡلَمُونَknowyaʿlamūna

Tafsir

O Messenger, then I put you on an ordained way regarding the matter of Islam and which calls them to faith and good actions. So follow this way and do not follow the desires of those who do not know the truth, and so their desires lead them away from the truth.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran