Surah Al-An'am, ayah 71
قُلْ أَنَدْعُوا۟ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ مَا لَا يَنفَعُنَا وَلَا يَضُرُّنَا وَنُرَدُّ عَلَىٰٓ أَعْقَابِنَا بَعْدَ إِذْ هَدَىٰنَا ٱللَّهُ كَٱلَّذِى ٱسْتَهْوَتْهُ ٱلشَّيَـٰطِينُ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ حَيْرَانَ لَهُۥٓ أَصْحَـٰبٌ يَدْعُونَهُۥٓ إِلَى ٱلْهُدَى ٱئْتِنَا ۗ قُلْ إِنَّ هُدَى ٱللَّهِ هُوَ ٱلْهُدَىٰ ۖ وَأُمِرْنَا لِنُسْلِمَ لِرَبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ
Say, "Shall we invoke instead of Allāh that which neither benefits us nor harms us and be turned back on our heels after Allāh has guided us? [We would then be] like one whom the devils enticed [to wander] upon the earth confused, [while] he has companions inviting him to guidance, [calling], 'Come to us.'" Say, "Indeed, the guidance of Allāh is the [only] guidance; and we have been commanded to submit to the Lord of the worlds.
Word by word
- قُلْqulSay
- أَنَدْعُوا۟anadʿūShall we call
- مِنminfrom
- دُونِdūnibesides
- ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
- مَاmāwhat
- لَاlānot
- يَنفَعُنَاyanfaʿunābenefits us
- وَلَاwalāand not
- يَضُرُّنَاyaḍurrunāharms us
- وَنُرَدُّwanuradduand we turn back
- عَلَىٰٓʿalāon
- أَعْقَابِنَاaʿqābināour heels
- بَعْدَbaʿdaafter
- إِذْidh[when]
- هَدَىٰنَاhadānā(has) guided us
- ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
- كَٱلَّذِىka-alladhīLike the one
- ٱسْتَهْوَتْهُis'tahwathuwhom (has been) enticed
- ٱلشَّيَـٰطِينُl-shayāṭīnu(by) the Shaitaan
- فِىfīin
- ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth
- حَيْرَانَḥayrānaconfused
- لَهُۥٓlahuhe has
- أَصْحَـٰبٌۭaṣḥābuncompanions
- يَدْعُونَهُۥٓyadʿūnahuwho call him
- إِلَىilātowards
- ٱلْهُدَىl-hudāthe guidance
- ٱئْتِنَا ۗi'tinā'Come to us.'
- قُلْqulSay
- إِنَّinnaIndeed
- هُدَىhudā(the) Guidance
- ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
- هُوَhuwait
- ٱلْهُدَىٰ ۖl-hudā(is) the Guidance
- وَأُمِرْنَاwa-umir'nāand we have been commanded
- لِنُسْلِمَlinus'limathat we submit
- لِرَبِّlirabbito (the) Lord
- ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَl-ʿālamīna(of) the worlds
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