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Al-A'raf 180

Ayah 180 of 206 · Meccan

وَلِلَّهِ ٱلۡأَسۡمَآءُ ٱلۡحُسۡنَىٰ فَٱدۡعُوهُ بِهَاۖ وَذَرُواْ ٱلَّذِينَ يُلۡحِدُونَ فِيٓ أَسۡمَٰٓئِهِۦۚ سَيُجۡزَوۡنَ مَا كَانُواْ يَعۡمَلُونَ ١٨٠

And to Allāh belong the best names, so invoke Him by them. And leave [the company of] those who practice deviation concerning His names.1 They will be recompensed for what they have been doing.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 i.e., use them improperly or deny them.

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَلِلَّهِAnd for Allahwalillahi
  2. ٱلۡأَسۡمَآءُ(are) the names l-asmāu
  3. ٱلۡحُسۡنَىٰthe most beautifull-ḥus'nā
  4. فَٱدۡعُوهُso invoke Himfa-id'ʿūhu
  5. بِهَاۖby thembihā
  6. وَذَرُواْAnd leavewadharū
  7. ٱلَّذِينَthose whoalladhīna
  8. يُلۡحِدُونَdeviateyul'ḥidūna
  9. فِيٓconcerningfī
  10. أَسۡمَٰٓئِهِۦۚHis namesasmāihi
  11. سَيُجۡزَوۡنَThey will be recompensedsayuj'zawna
  12. مَاfor whatmā
  13. كَانُواْthey used tokānū
  14. يَعۡمَلُونَdoyaʿmalūna

Tafsir

To Allah, glory be to Him, belongs the most beautiful names which show His majesty and perfection. So use them to call on Allah when you ask for whatever you wish for. Also leave those who turn away from the truth of these names by assigning them to false dieties, or denying them, or distorting their meanings. Allah will repay those who do this with a painful punishment.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran