Surah Yusuf Ayah 40

Yusuf · Ayah 40 · Juz 12 · Page 240

مَا تَعۡبُدُونَ مِن دُونِهِۦٓ إِلَّآ أَسۡمَآءٗ سَمَّيۡتُمُوهَآ أَنتُمۡ وَءَابَآؤُكُم مَّآ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ بِهَا مِن سُلۡطَٰنٍۚ إِنِ ٱلۡحُكۡمُ إِلَّا لِلَّهِ أَمَرَ أَلَّا تَعۡبُدُوٓاْ إِلَّآ إِيَّاهُۚ ذَٰلِكَ ٱلدِّينُ ٱلۡقَيِّمُ وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكۡثَرَ ٱلنَّاسِ لَا يَعۡلَمُونَ ٤٠

Mā taʿbudūna min dūnihī illā asmāʾan sammaytumūhā antum wa ābāʾukum mā anzalallāhu bihā min sulṭān, inil-ḥukmu illā lillāhi amara allā taʿbudū illā iyyāh, dhālikad-dīnul-qayyimu wa lākinna aktharan-nāsi lā yaʿlamūn.

You worship not besides Him except [mere] names you have named them,1 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.

Translation: Sahih International

Footnotes (1)
  1. The false objects of worship which you have called "gods."

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Word by word32 words

  • مَاNot
  • تَعۡبُدُونَyou worship
  • مِنbesides Him
  • دُونِهِۦٓbesides Him
  • إِلَّآbut
  • أَسۡمَآءٗnames
  • سَمَّيۡتُمُوهَآwhich you have named them
  • أَنتُمۡyou
  • وَءَابَآؤُكُمand your forefathers
  • مَّآnot
  • أَنزَلَ(has) sent down
  • ٱللَّهُAllah
  • بِهَاfor it
  • مِنany
  • سُلۡطَٰنٍۚauthority
  • إِنِNot
  • ٱلۡحُكۡمُ(is) the command
  • إِلَّاbut
  • لِلَّهِfor Allah
  • أَمَرَHe has commanded
  • أَلَّاthat not
  • تَعۡبُدُوٓاْyou worship
  • إِلَّآbut
  • إِيَّاهُۚHim Alone
  • ذَٰلِكَThat
  • ٱلدِّينُ(is) the religion
  • ٱلۡقَيِّمُthe right
  • وَلَٰكِنَّbut
  • أَكۡثَرَmost
  • ٱلنَّاسِ[the] men
  • لَا(do) not
  • يَعۡلَمُونَknow

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Juz
12
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240
Hizb
24