وَقَالُواْ لَا تَذَرُنَّ ءَالِهَتَكُمۡ وَلَا تَذَرُنَّ وَدّٗا وَلَا سُوَاعٗا وَلَا يَغُوثَ وَيَعُوقَ وَنَسۡرٗا ٢٣
And said, 'Never leave your gods and never leave Wadd or Suwāʿ or Yaghūth and Yaʿūq and Nasr.'1
Translation: Saheeh International (English)
1 These were the names of specific idols named after pious men of earlier generations.
Word by word
Each word's meaning and sound
- وَقَالُواْAnd they saidwaqālū
- لَا(Do) notlā
- تَذَرُنَّleavetadharunna
- ءَالِهَتَكُمۡyour godsālihatakum
- وَلَاand (do) notwalā
- تَذَرُنَّleavetadharunna
- وَدّٗاWaddwaddan
- وَلَاand notwalā
- سُوَاعٗاSuwasuwāʿan
- وَلَاand notwalā
- يَغُوثَYaguthyaghūtha
- وَيَعُوقَand Yauqwayaʿūqa
- وَنَسۡرٗاand Nasrwanasran
Tafsir
They said to their followers, “Do not leave the worship of your deities: do not leave the worship of your idols Wadd, Suwā‘, Yaghūth, Ya'ūq and Nasr.”
Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran