Surah Al-An'am, Ayah 56 (6:56)

ٱلْأَنْعَام

قُلْ إِنِّى نُهِيتُ أَنْ أَعْبُدَ ٱلَّذِينَ تَدْعُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ ۚ قُل لَّآ أَتَّبِعُ …

Quran 6:56 is ayah 56 of Surah Al-An'am (“The Cattle”), a Meccan surah of 165 ayahs. It is in Juz 7, on page 134 of the Madani Mushaf.

6:56
قُلْإِنِّىنُهِيتُأَنْأَعْبُدَٱلَّذِينَتَدْعُونَمِندُونِٱللَّهِ ۚقُللَّآأَتَّبِعُأَهْوَآءَكُمْ ۙقَدْضَلَلْتُإِذًاوَمَآأَنَا۠مِنَٱلْمُهْتَدِينَ٥٦
qul innī nuhītu an aʿbuda alladhīna tadʿūna min dūni l-lahi qul lā attabiʿu ahwāakum qad ḍalaltu idhan wamā anā mina l-muh'tadīna

Say, "Indeed, I have been forbidden to worship those you invoke besides Allāh." Say, "I will not follow your desires, for I would then have gone astray, and I would not be of the [rightly] guided."(56)

Word by word

  1. قُلْqulSay
  2. إِنِّىinnīIndeed I
  3. نُهِيتُnuhītu[I] am forbidden
  4. أَنْanthat
  5. أَعْبُدَaʿbudaI worship
  6. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whom
  7. تَدْعُونَtadʿūnayou call
  8. مِنminfrom
  9. دُونِdūnibesides
  10. ٱللَّهِ ۚl-lahiAllah
  11. قُلqulSay
  12. لَّآlāNot
  13. أَتَّبِعُattabiʿuI follow
  14. أَهْوَآءَكُمْ ۙahwāakumyour (vain) desires
  15. قَدْqadcertainly
  16. ضَلَلْتُḍalaltuI would go astray
  17. إِذًاidhanthen
  18. وَمَآwamāand not
  19. أَنَا۠anāI (would be)
  20. مِنَminafrom
  21. ٱلْمُهْتَدِينَl-muh'tadīnathe guided-ones

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