Surah An-Nahl, ayah 36
وَلَقَدْ بَعَثْنَا فِى كُلِّ أُمَّةٍ رَّسُولًا أَنِ ٱعْبُدُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَٱجْتَنِبُوا۟ ٱلطَّـٰغُوتَ ۖ فَمِنْهُم مَّنْ هَدَى ٱللَّهُ وَمِنْهُم مَّنْ حَقَّتْ عَلَيْهِ ٱلضَّلَـٰلَةُ ۚ فَسِيرُوا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ فَٱنظُرُوا۟ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَـٰقِبَةُ ٱلْمُكَذِّبِينَ
And We certainly sent into every nation a messenger, [saying], "Worship Allāh and avoid ṭāghūt." And among them were those whom Allāh guided, and among them were those upon whom error was [deservedly] decreed. So proceed [i.e., travel] through the earth and observe how was the end of the deniers.
An-Nahl · 16:36
Word by word
- وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd certainly
- بَعَثْنَاbaʿathnāWe sent
- فِىfīinto
- كُلِّkullievery
- أُمَّةٍۢummatinnation
- رَّسُولًاrasūlana Messenger
- أَنِanithat
- ٱعْبُدُوا۟uʿ'budūWorship
- ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
- وَٱجْتَنِبُوا۟wa-ij'tanibūand avoid
- ٱلطَّـٰغُوتَ ۖl-ṭāghūtathe false deities
- فَمِنْهُمfamin'humThen among them
- مَّنْman(were some) whom
- هَدَىhadāAllah guided
- ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah guided
- وَمِنْهُمwamin'humand among them
- مَّنْman(were) some
- حَقَّتْḥaqqatwas justified
- عَلَيْهِʿalayhion them
- ٱلضَّلَـٰلَةُ ۚl-ḍalālatuthe straying
- فَسِيرُوا۟fasīrūSo travel
- فِىfīin
- ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth
- فَٱنظُرُوا۟fa-unẓurūand see
- كَيْفَkayfahow
- كَانَkānawas
- عَـٰقِبَةُʿāqibatuthe end
- ٱلْمُكَذِّبِينَl-mukadhibīna(of) the deniers
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