Quran 16:125 — An-Nahl, verse 125
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
[Prophet], call [people] to the way of your Lord with wisdom and good teaching. Argue with them in the most courteous way, for your Lord knows best who has strayed from His way and who is rightly guided.
ادْعُ إِلَىٰ سَبِيلِ رَبِّكَ بِالْحِكْمَةِ وَالْمَوْعِظَةِ الْحَسَنَةِ ۖ وَجَادِلْهُمْ بِالَّتِي هِيَ أَحْسَنُ ۚ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَنْ ضَلَّ عَنْ سَبِيلِهِ ۖ وَهُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِالْمُهْتَدِينَ
ud'ʿu ilā sabīli rabbika bil-ḥik'mati wal-mawʿiẓati l-ḥasanati wajādil'hum bi-allatī hiya aḥsanu inna rabbaka huwa aʿlamu biman ḍalla ʿan sabīlihi wahuwa aʿlamu bil-muh'tadīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Call thou to the way of thy Lord with wisdom and good admonition, and dispute with them in the better way. Surely thy Lord knows very well those who have gone astray from His way, and He knows very well those who are guided.
- Muhammad Asad
- CALL THOU (all mankind] unto thy Sustainer's path with wisdom and goodly exhortation, and argue with them in the most kindly manner- for, behold, thy Sustainer knows best as to who strays from His path, and best knows He as to who are the right-guided.
- Sahih International
- Invite to the way of your Lord with wisdom and good instruction, and argue with them in a way that is best. Indeed, your Lord is most knowing of who has strayed from His way, and He is most knowing of who is [rightly] guided.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ٱدْعُud'ʿu | Call | دعو |
| 2 | إِلَىٰilā | to | — |
| 3 | سَبِيلِsabīli | (the) way | سبل |
| 4 | رَبِّكَrabbika | (of) your Lord | ربب |
| 5 | بِٱلْحِكْمَةِbil-ḥik'mati | with the wisdom | حكم |
| 6 | وَٱلْمَوْعِظَةِwal-mawʿiẓati | and the instruction | وعظ |
| 7 | ٱلْحَسَنَةِ ۖl-ḥasanati | the good | حسن |
| 8 | وَجَـٰدِلْهُمwajādil'hum | and discuss with them | جدل |
| 9 | بِٱلَّتِىbi-allatī | in that | — |
| 10 | هِىَhiya | which | — |
| 11 | أَحْسَنُ ۚaḥsanu | (is) best | حسن |
| 12 | إِنَّinna | Indeed | — |
| 13 | رَبَّكَrabbaka | your Lord | ربب |
| 14 | هُوَhuwa | He | — |
| 15 | أَعْلَمُaʿlamu | (is) most knowing | علم |
| 16 | بِمَنbiman | of who | — |
| 17 | ضَلَّḍalla | has strayed | ضلل |
| 18 | عَنʿan | from | — |
| 19 | سَبِيلِهِۦ ۖsabīlihi | His way | سبل |
| 20 | وَهُوَwahuwa | And He | — |
| 21 | أَعْلَمُaʿlamu | (is) most knowing | علم |
| 22 | بِٱلْمُهْتَدِينَbil-muh'tadīna | of the guided ones | هدي |