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Al-An'am (The Cattle)

Verse 56of 165

قُلْ إِنِّى نُهِيتُ أَنْ أَعْبُدَ ٱلَّذِينَ تَدْعُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ ۚ قُل لَّآ أَتَّبِعُ أَهْوَآءَكُمْ ۙ قَدْ ضَلَلْتُ إِذًۭا وَمَآ أَنَا۠ مِنَ ٱلْمُهْتَدِينَ﴿٥٦

Translation (Sahih International)

Say, "Indeed, I have been forbidden to worship those you invoke besides Allah." Say, "I will not follow your desires, for I would then have gone astray, and I would not be of the [rightly] guided."

Word-by-word meaning

قُلْqulSay
إِنِّىinnīIndeed I
نُهِيتُnuhītu[I] am forbidden
أَنْanthat
أَعْبُدَaʿbudaI worship
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whom
تَدْعُونَtadʿūnayou call
مِنminfrom
دُونِdūnibesides
ٱللَّهِ ۚl-lahiAllah
قُلqulSay
لَّآNot
أَتَّبِعُattabiʿuI follow
أَهْوَآءَكُمْ ۙahwāakumyour (vain) desires
قَدْqadcertainly
ضَلَلْتُḍalaltuI would go astray
إِذًۭاidhanthen
وَمَآwamāand not
أَنَا۠anāI (would be)
مِنَminafrom
ٱلْمُهْتَدِينَl-muh'tadīnathe guided-ones

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Prophet Understands What He Conveys; Torment is in Allah's Hands Not the Prophet'sAllah says, just as We mentioned the clear signs that testify and direct to the path of guidance, all the while chastising useless arguments and defiance,كَذلِكَ نُفَصِّلُ الآيَـتِ(And thus do We explain the Ayat in detail,) that is, whatever responsible adults need explained to them, in the affairs of life and religion,وَلِتَسْتَبِينَ سَبِيلُ الْمُجْرِمِينَ(That the way of the criminals may become manifest.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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