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Al-An'am 56

Ayah 56 of 165 · Meccan

قُلۡ إِنِّي نُهِيتُ أَنۡ أَعۡبُدَ ٱلَّذِينَ تَدۡعُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِۚ قُل لَّآ أَتَّبِعُ أَهۡوَآءَكُمۡ قَدۡ ضَلَلۡتُ إِذٗا وَمَآ أَنَا۠ مِنَ ٱلۡمُهۡتَدِينَ ٥٦

Say, "Indeed, I have been forbidden to worship those you invoke besides Allāh." Say, "I will not follow your desires, for I would then have gone astray, and I would not be of the [rightly] guided."

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. قُلۡSayqul
  2. إِنِّيIndeed Iinnī
  3. نُهِيتُ[I] am forbiddennuhītu
  4. أَنۡthatan
  5. أَعۡبُدَI worshipaʿbuda
  6. ٱلَّذِينَthose whomalladhīna
  7. تَدۡعُونَyou calltadʿūna
  8. مِنfrommin
  9. دُونِbesidesdūni
  10. ٱللَّهِۚAllahl-lahi
  11. قُلSayqul
  12. لَّآNotlā
  13. أَتَّبِعُI followattabiʿu
  14. أَهۡوَآءَكُمۡyour (vain) desiresahwāakum
  15. قَدۡcertainlyqad
  16. ضَلَلۡتُI would go astrayḍalaltu
  17. إِذٗاthenidhan
  18. وَمَآand notwamā
  19. أَنَا۠I (would be)anā
  20. مِنَfrommina
  21. ٱلۡمُهۡتَدِينَthe guided-onesl-muh'tadīna

Tafsir

Say, O Messenger, ‘Allah has prohibited me from worshipping those whom you worship besides Him’. Say, O Messenger: I do not follow your desires in worshipping other than Allah. If I had followed your desires, I would go astray from the path of truth and I would not be guided to it. This is the condition of any person who follows his desires without any proof from Allah.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran