Quran 12:108 — Yusuf, verse 108
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Say, ‘This is my way: based on clear evidence, I, and all who follow me, call [people] to God- glory be to God!- I do not join others with Him.’
قُلْ هَـٰذِهِ سَبِيلِي أَدْعُو إِلَى اللَّهِ ۚ عَلَىٰ بَصِيرَةٍ أَنَا وَمَنِ اتَّبَعَنِي ۖ وَسُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَمَا أَنَا مِنَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ
qul hādhihi sabīlī adʿū ilā l-lahi ʿalā baṣīratin anā wamani ittabaʿanī wasub'ḥāna l-lahi wamā anā mina l-mush'rikīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Say: 'This is my way. I call to God with sure knowledge, I and whoever follows after me. To God be glory! And I am not among the idolaters.'
- Muhammad Asad
- Say [O Prophet]: "This is my way: Resting upon conscious insight accessible to reason, I am calling [you all] unto God - I and they who follow me." And [say:] "Limitless is God in His glory; and I am not one of those who ascribe divinity to aught beside Him!"
- Sahih International
- Say, "This is my way; I invite to Allāh with insight, I and those who follow me. And exalted is Allāh; and I am not of those who associate others with Him."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | قُلْqul | Say | قول |
| 2 | هَـٰذِهِۦhādhihi | This | — |
| 3 | سَبِيلِىٓsabīlī | (is) my way | سبل |
| 4 | أَدْعُوٓا۟adʿū | I invite | دعو |
| 5 | إِلَىilā | to | — |
| 6 | ٱللَّهِ ۚl-lahi | Allah | أله |
| 7 | عَلَىٰʿalā | with | — |
| 8 | بَصِيرَةٍbaṣīratin | insight | بصر |
| 9 | أَنَا۠anā | I | — |
| 10 | وَمَنِwamani | and whoever | — |
| 11 | ٱتَّبَعَنِى ۖittabaʿanī | follows me | تبع |
| 12 | وَسُبْحَـٰنَwasub'ḥāna | And Glory be | سبح |
| 13 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | (to) Allah | أله |
| 14 | وَمَآwamā | and not | — |
| 15 | أَنَا۠anā | I am | — |
| 16 | مِنَmina | of | — |
| 17 | ٱلْمُشْرِكِينَl-mush'rikīna | the polytheists | شرك |