Surah Yusuf, ayah 40
مَا تَعْبُدُونَ مِن دُونِهِۦٓ إِلَّآ أَسْمَآءً سَمَّيْتُمُوهَآ أَنتُمْ وَءَابَآؤُكُم مَّآ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ بِهَا مِن سُلْطَـٰنٍ ۚ إِنِ ٱلْحُكْمُ إِلَّا لِلَّهِ ۚ أَمَرَ أَلَّا تَعْبُدُوٓا۟ إِلَّآ إِيَّاهُ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ ٱلدِّينُ ٱلْقَيِّمُ وَلَـٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَ ٱلنَّاسِ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ
You worship not besides Him except [mere] names you have named them, you and your fathers, for which Allāh has sent down no evidence. Legislation is not but for Allāh. He has commanded that you worship not except Him. That is the correct religion, but most of the people do not know.
Yusuf · 12:40
Word by word
- مَاmāNot
- تَعْبُدُونَtaʿbudūnayou worship
- مِنminbesides Him
- دُونِهِۦٓdūnihibesides Him
- إِلَّآillābut
- أَسْمَآءًۭasmāannames
- سَمَّيْتُمُوهَآsammaytumūhāwhich you have named them
- أَنتُمْantumyou
- وَءَابَآؤُكُمwaābāukumand your forefathers
- مَّآmānot
- أَنزَلَanzala(has) sent down
- ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
- بِهَاbihāfor it
- مِنminany
- سُلْطَـٰنٍ ۚsul'ṭāninauthority
- إِنِiniNot
- ٱلْحُكْمُl-ḥuk'mu(is) the command
- إِلَّاillābut
- لِلَّهِ ۚlillahifor Allah
- أَمَرَamaraHe has commanded
- أَلَّاallāthat not
- تَعْبُدُوٓا۟taʿbudūyou worship
- إِلَّآillābut
- إِيَّاهُ ۚiyyāhuHim Alone
- ذَٰلِكَdhālikaThat
- ٱلدِّينُl-dīnu(is) the religion
- ٱلْقَيِّمُl-qayimuthe right
- وَلَـٰكِنَّwalākinnabut
- أَكْثَرَaktharamost
- ٱلنَّاسِl-nāsi[the] men
- لَاlā(do) not
- يَعْلَمُونَyaʿlamūnaknow
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