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Surah Al-An'am, Ayah 81 (6:81)

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وَكَيْفَ أَخَافُ مَآ أَشْرَكْتُمْ وَلَا تَخَافُونَ أَنَّكُمْ أَشْرَكْتُم بِٱللَّهِ مَا لَمْ يُنَزِّلْ …

Quran 6:81 is ayah 81 of Surah Al-An'am (“The Cattle”), a Meccan surah of 165 ayahs. It is in Juz 7, on page 137 of the Madani Mushaf.

6:81
وَكَيْفَأَخَافُمَآأَشْرَكْتُمْوَلَاتَخَافُونَأَنَّكُمْأَشْرَكْتُمبِٱللَّهِمَالَمْيُنَزِّلْبِهِۦعَلَيْكُمْسُلْطَٰنًا ۚفَأَىُّٱلْفَرِيقَيْنِأَحَقُّبِٱلْأَمْنِ ۖإِنكُنتُمْتَعْلَمُونَ٨١
wakayfa akhāfu mā ashraktum walā takhāfūna annakum ashraktum bil-lahi mā lam yunazzil bihi ʿalaykum sul'ṭānan fa-ayyu l-farīqayni aḥaqqu bil-amni in kuntum taʿlamūna

And how should I fear what you associate while you do not fear that you have associated with Allāh that for which He has not sent down to you any authority? So which of the two parties has more right to security, if you should know?"(81)

Word by word

  1. وَكَيْفَwakayfaAnd how
  2. أَخَافُakhāfucould I fear
  3. مَآmāwhat
  4. أَشْرَكْتُمْashraktumyou associate (with Allah)
  5. وَلَاwalāwhile not
  6. تَخَافُونَtakhāfūnayou fear
  7. أَنَّكُمْannakumthat you
  8. أَشْرَكْتُمashraktumhave associated
  9. بِٱللَّهِbil-lahiwith Allah
  10. مَاmāwhat
  11. لَمْlamnot
  12. يُنَزِّلْyunazzildid He send down
  13. بِهِۦbihifor it
  14. عَلَيْكُمْʿalaykumto you
  15. سُلْطَٰنًا ۚsul'ṭānanany authority
  16. فَأَىُّfa-ayyuSo which
  17. ٱلْفَرِيقَيْنِl-farīqayni(of) the two parties
  18. أَحَقُّaḥaqquhas more right
  19. بِٱلْأَمْنِ ۖbil-amnito security
  20. إِنinif
  21. كُنتُمْkuntumyou
  22. تَعْلَمُونَtaʿlamūnaknow

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