Surah An-Nur, ayah 21
۞ يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ لَا تَتَّبِعُوا۟ خُطُوَٰتِ ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنِ ۚ وَمَن يَتَّبِعْ خُطُوَٰتِ ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنِ فَإِنَّهُۥ يَأْمُرُ بِٱلْفَحْشَآءِ وَٱلْمُنكَرِ ۚ وَلَوْلَا فَضْلُ ٱللَّهِ عَلَيْكُمْ وَرَحْمَتُهُۥ مَا زَكَىٰ مِنكُم مِّنْ أَحَدٍ أَبَدًا وَلَـٰكِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يُزَكِّى مَن يَشَآءُ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ سَمِيعٌ عَلِيمٌ
O you who have believed, do not follow the footsteps of Satan. And whoever follows the footsteps of Satan - indeed, he enjoins immorality and wrongdoing. And if not for the favor of Allāh upon you and His mercy, not one of you would have been pure, ever, but Allāh purifies whom He wills, and Allāh is Hearing and Knowing.
Word by word
- ۞ يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāO you who believe
- ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaO you who believe
- ءَامَنُوا۟āmanūO you who believe
- لَاlā(Do) not
- تَتَّبِعُوا۟tattabiʿūfollow
- خُطُوَٰتِkhuṭuwāti(the) footsteps
- ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنِ ۚl-shayṭāni(of) the Shaitaan
- وَمَنwamanand whoever
- يَتَّبِعْyattabiʿfollows
- خُطُوَٰتِkhuṭuwāti(the) footsteps
- ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنِl-shayṭāni(of) the Shaitaan
- فَإِنَّهُۥfa-innahuthen indeed, he
- يَأْمُرُyamurucommands
- بِٱلْفَحْشَآءِbil-faḥshāithe immorality
- وَٱلْمُنكَرِ ۚwal-munkariand the evil
- وَلَوْلَاwalawlāAnd if not
- فَضْلُfaḍlu(for the) Grace of Allah
- ٱللَّهِl-lahi(for the) Grace of Allah
- عَلَيْكُمْʿalaykumupon you
- وَرَحْمَتُهُۥwaraḥmatuhuand His Mercy
- مَاmānot
- زَكَىٰzakā(would) have been pure
- مِنكُمminkumamong you
- مِّنْminanyone
- أَحَدٍaḥadinanyone
- أَبَدًۭاabadanever
- وَلَـٰكِنَّwalākinnabut
- ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
- يُزَكِّىyuzakkīpurifies
- مَنmanwhom
- يَشَآءُ ۗyashāuHe wills
- وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Allah
- سَمِيعٌsamīʿun(is) All-Hearer
- عَلِيمٌۭʿalīmunAll-Knower
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