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Al-An'am (The Cattle)

Verse 164of 165

قُلْ أَغَيْرَ ٱللَّهِ أَبْغِى رَبًّۭا وَهُوَ رَبُّ كُلِّ شَىْءٍۢ ۚ وَلَا تَكْسِبُ كُلُّ نَفْسٍ إِلَّا عَلَيْهَا ۚ وَلَا تَزِرُ وَازِرَةٌۭ وِزْرَ أُخْرَىٰ ۚ ثُمَّ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكُم مَّرْجِعُكُمْ فَيُنَبِّئُكُم بِمَا كُنتُمْ فِيهِ تَخْتَلِفُونَ﴿١٦٤

Translation (Sahih International)

Say, "Is it other than Allah I should desire as a lord while He is the Lord of all things? And every soul earns not [blame] except against itself, and no bearer of burdens will bear the burden of another. Then to your Lord is your return, and He will inform you concerning that over which you used to differ."

Word-by-word meaning

قُلْqulSay
أَغَيْرَaghayraIs (it) other than
ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
أَبْغِىabghīI (should) seek
رَبًّۭاrabban(as) a Lord
وَهُوَwahuwawhile He
رَبُّrabbu(is) the Lord
كُلِّkulli(of) every
شَىْءٍۢ ۚshayinthing
وَلَاwalāAnd not
تَكْسِبُtaksibuearns
كُلُّkulluevery
نَفْسٍnafsinsoul
إِلَّاillāexcept
عَلَيْهَا ۚʿalayhāagainst itself
وَلَاwalāand not
تَزِرُtazirubears
وَازِرَةٌۭwāziratunany bearer of burden
وِزْرَwiz'raburden
أُخْرَىٰ ۚukh'rā(of) another
ثُمَّthummaThen
إِلَىٰilāto
رَبِّكُمrabbikumyour Lord
مَّرْجِعُكُمْmarjiʿukum(is) your return
فَيُنَبِّئُكُمfayunabbi-ukumthen He will inform you
بِمَاbimāabout what
كُنتُمْkuntumyou were
فِيهِfīhiconcerning it
تَخْتَلِفُونَtakhtalifūnadiffering

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Command to Sincerely Trust in AllahAllah said, قُلْ(Say), O Muhammad , to those idolators, about worshipping Allah alone and trusting in Him, أَغَيْرَ اللَّهِ أَبْغِى رَبًّا(Shall I seek a lord other than Allah...) 6:164, وَهُوَ رَبُّ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ(while He is the Lord of all things ) and Who protects and saves me and governs all my affairs But, I only trust in Him and go back to Him, because He is the Lord of everything, Owner of all things and His is the creation and the decision.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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