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An-Nisa (The Women)

Verse 36of 176

۞ وَٱعْبُدُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَلَا تُشْرِكُوا۟ بِهِۦ شَيْـًۭٔا ۖ وَبِٱلْوَٰلِدَيْنِ إِحْسَٰنًۭا وَبِذِى ٱلْقُرْبَىٰ وَٱلْيَتَٰمَىٰ وَٱلْمَسَٰكِينِ وَٱلْجَارِ ذِى ٱلْقُرْبَىٰ وَٱلْجَارِ ٱلْجُنُبِ وَٱلصَّاحِبِ بِٱلْجَنۢبِ وَٱبْنِ ٱلسَّبِيلِ وَمَا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَٰنُكُمْ ۗ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يُحِبُّ مَن كَانَ مُخْتَالًۭا فَخُورًا﴿٣٦

Translation (Sahih International)

Worship Allah and associate nothing with Him, and to parents do good, and to relatives, orphans, the needy, the near neighbor, the neighbor farther away, the companion at your side, the traveler, and those whom your right hands possess. Indeed, Allah does not like those who are self-deluding and boastful.

Word-by-word meaning

۞ وَٱعْبُدُوا۟wa-uʿ'budūAnd worship
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
وَلَاwalāAnd (do) not
تُشْرِكُوا۟tush'rikūassociate
بِهِۦbihiwith Him
شَيْـًۭٔا ۖshayananything
وَبِٱلْوَٰلِدَيْنِwabil-wālidayniand to the parents
إِحْسَـٰنًۭاiḥ'sānan(do) good
وَبِذِىwabidhīand with
ٱلْقُرْبَىٰl-qur'bāthe relatives
وَٱلْيَتَـٰمَىٰwal-yatāmāand the orphans
وَٱلْمَسَـٰكِينِwal-masākīniand the needy
وَٱلْجَارِwal-jāriand the neighbor
ذِىdhī(who is)
ٱلْقُرْبَىٰl-qur'bānear
وَٱلْجَارِwal-jāriand the neighbor
ٱلْجُنُبِl-junubi(who is) farther away
وَٱلصَّاحِبِwal-ṣāḥibiand the companion
بِٱلْجَنۢبِbil-janbiby your side
وَٱبْنِwa-ib'niand the
ٱلسَّبِيلِl-sabīlitraveler
وَمَاwamāand what
مَلَكَتْmalakatpossess[ed]
أَيْمَـٰنُكُمْ ۗaymānukumyour right hands
إِنَّinnaIndeed
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
لَا(does) not
يُحِبُّyuḥibbulove
مَنman(the one) who
كَانَkānais
مُخْتَالًۭاmukh'tālan[a] proud
فَخُورًاfakhūran(and) [a] boastful

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Order to Worship Allah Alone and to Be Dutiful to ParentsAllah orders that He be worshipped Alone without partners, because He Alone is the Creator and Sustainer Who sends His favors and bounties on His creation in all situations and instances. Therefore He deserves to be singled out, without associating anything or anyone from His creation with Him in worship.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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