Surah An-Nahl, Ayah 36 (16:36)

ٱلنَّحْل

وَلَقَدْ بَعَثْنَا فِى كُلِّ أُمَّةٍ رَّسُولًا أَنِ ٱعْبُدُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَٱجْتَنِبُوا۟ ٱلطَّٰغُوتَ ۖ …

Quran 16:36 is ayah 36 of Surah An-Nahl (“The Bee”), a Meccan surah of 128 ayahs. It is in Juz 14, on page 271 of the Madani Mushaf.

16:36
وَلَقَدْبَعَثْنَافِىكُلِّأُمَّةٍرَّسُولًاأَنِٱعْبُدُوا۟ٱللَّهَوَٱجْتَنِبُوا۟ٱلطَّٰغُوتَ ۖفَمِنْهُممَّنْهَدَىٱللَّهُوَمِنْهُممَّنْحَقَّتْعَلَيْهِٱلضَّلَٰلَةُ ۚفَسِيرُوا۟فِىٱلْأَرْضِفَٱنظُرُوا۟كَيْفَكَانَعَٰقِبَةُٱلْمُكَذِّبِينَ٣٦
walaqad baʿathnā fī kulli ummatin rasūlan ani uʿ'budū l-laha wa-ij'tanibū l-ṭāghūta famin'hum man hadā l-lahu wamin'hum man ḥaqqat ʿalayhi l-ḍalālatu fasīrū fī l-arḍi fa-unẓurū kayfa kāna ʿāqibatu l-mukadhibīna

And We certainly sent into every nation a messenger, [saying], "Worship Allāh and avoid ṭāghūt." And among them were those whom Allāh guided, and among them were those upon whom error was [deservedly] decreed. So proceed [i.e., travel] through the earth and observe how was the end of the deniers.(36)

Word by word

  1. وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd certainly
  2. بَعَثْنَاbaʿathnāWe sent
  3. فِىfīinto
  4. كُلِّkullievery
  5. أُمَّةٍummatinnation
  6. رَّسُولًاrasūlana Messenger
  7. أَنِanithat
  8. ٱعْبُدُوا۟uʿ'budūWorship
  9. ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
  10. وَٱجْتَنِبُوا۟wa-ij'tanibūand avoid
  11. ٱلطَّٰغُوتَ ۖl-ṭāghūtathe false deities
  12. فَمِنْهُمfamin'humThen among them
  13. مَّنْman(were some) whom
  14. هَدَىhadāAllah guided
  15. ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah guided
  16. وَمِنْهُمwamin'humand among them
  17. مَّنْman(were) some
  18. حَقَّتْḥaqqatwas justified
  19. عَلَيْهِʿalayhion them
  20. ٱلضَّلَٰلَةُ ۚl-ḍalālatuthe straying
  21. فَسِيرُوا۟fasīrūSo travel
  22. فِىfīin
  23. ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth
  24. فَٱنظُرُوا۟fa-unẓurūand see
  25. كَيْفَkayfahow
  26. كَانَkānawas
  27. عَٰقِبَةُʿāqibatuthe end
  28. ٱلْمُكَذِّبِينَl-mukadhibīna(of) the deniers

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