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Al-An'am 26

Ayah 26 of 165 · Meccan

وَهُمۡ يَنۡهَوۡنَ عَنۡهُ وَيَنۡـَٔوۡنَ عَنۡهُۖ وَإِن يُهۡلِكُونَ إِلَّآ أَنفُسَهُمۡ وَمَا يَشۡعُرُونَ ٢٦

And they prevent [others] from him and are [themselves] remote from him. And they do not destroy except themselves, but they perceive [it] not.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَهُمۡAnd theywahum
  2. يَنۡهَوۡنَforbid (others)yanhawna
  3. عَنۡهُfrom itʿanhu
  4. وَيَنۡـَٔوۡنَand they keep awaywayanawna
  5. عَنۡهُۖfrom itʿanhu
  6. وَإِنAnd notwa-in
  7. يُهۡلِكُونَthey destroyyuh'likūna
  8. إِلَّآexceptillā
  9. أَنفُسَهُمۡthemselvesanfusahum
  10. وَمَاand notwamā
  11. يَشۡعُرُونَthey perceiveyashʿurūna

Tafsir

These idolaters forbid people from accepting the Messenger as they themselves stay away from doing so: they do not let others benefit in the same way that they themselves do not benefit. By acting like this, they only destroy themselves; but they fail to realise that they are bringing about destruction.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran