Surah An-Nur, Ayah 54 (24:54)

ٱلنُّور

قُلْ أَطِيعُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُوا۟ ٱلرَّسُولَ ۖ فَإِن تَوَلَّوْا۟ فَإِنَّمَا عَلَيْهِ مَا حُمِّلَ …

Quran 24:54 is ayah 54 of Surah An-Nur (“The Light”), a Medinan surah of 64 ayahs. It is in Juz 18, on page 357 of the Madani Mushaf.

24:54
قُلْأَطِيعُوا۟ٱللَّهَوَأَطِيعُوا۟ٱلرَّسُولَ ۖفَإِنتَوَلَّوْا۟فَإِنَّمَاعَلَيْهِمَاحُمِّلَوَعَلَيْكُممَّاحُمِّلْتُمْ ۖوَإِنتُطِيعُوهُتَهْتَدُوا۟ ۚوَمَاعَلَىٱلرَّسُولِإِلَّاٱلْبَلَٰغُٱلْمُبِينُ٥٤
qul aṭīʿū l-laha wa-aṭīʿū l-rasūla fa-in tawallaw fa-innamā ʿalayhi mā ḥummila waʿalaykum mā ḥummil'tum wa-in tuṭīʿūhu tahtadū wamā ʿalā l-rasūli illā l-balāghu l-mubīnu

Say, "Obey Allāh and obey the Messenger; but if you turn away - then upon him is only that [duty] with which he has been charged, and upon you is that with which you have been charged. And if you obey him, you will be [rightly] guided. And there is not upon the Messenger except the [responsibility for] clear notification."(54)

Word by word

  1. قُلْqulSay
  2. أَطِيعُوا۟aṭīʿūObey
  3. ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
  4. وَأَطِيعُوا۟wa-aṭīʿūand obey
  5. ٱلرَّسُولَ ۖl-rasūlathe Messenger
  6. فَإِنfa-inbut if
  7. تَوَلَّوْا۟tawallawyou turn away
  8. فَإِنَّمَاfa-innamāthen only
  9. عَلَيْهِʿalayhiupon him
  10. مَاmā(is) what
  11. حُمِّلَḥummila(is) placed on him
  12. وَعَلَيْكُمwaʿalaykumand on you
  13. مَّاmā(is) what
  14. حُمِّلْتُمْ ۖḥummil'tum(is) placed on you
  15. وَإِنwa-inAnd if
  16. تُطِيعُوهُtuṭīʿūhuyou obey him
  17. تَهْتَدُوا۟ ۚtahtadūyou will be guided
  18. وَمَاwamāAnd not
  19. عَلَىʿalā(is) on
  20. ٱلرَّسُولِl-rasūlithe Messenger
  21. إِلَّاillāexcept
  22. ٱلْبَلَٰغُl-balāghuthe conveyance
  23. ٱلْمُبِينُl-mubīnu[the] clear

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