Quran 16:36 — An-Nahl, verse 36
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
We sent a messenger to every community, saying, ‘Worship God and shun false gods.’ Among them were some God guided; misguidance took hold of others. So travel through the earth and see what was the fate of those who denied the truth.
وَلَقَدْ بَعَثْنَا فِي كُلِّ أُمَّةٍ رَسُولًا أَنِ اعْبُدُوا اللَّهَ وَاجْتَنِبُوا الطَّاغُوتَ ۖ فَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ هَدَى اللَّهُ وَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ حَقَّتْ عَلَيْهِ الضَّلَالَةُ ۚ فَسِيرُوا فِي الْأَرْضِ فَانْظُرُوا كَيْفَ كَانَ عَاقِبَةُ الْمُكَذِّبِينَ
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
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Indeed, We sent forth among every nation a Messenger,; saying: 'Serve you God, and eschew idols.' Then some. of them God guided, and some were justly disposed to error. So journey in the land, and behold how was the end of them that cried lies.
- Muhammad Asad
- And indeed, within every community have We raised up an apostle [entrusted with this message]: "Worship God, and shun the powers of evil!" And among those [past generations] were people whom God graced with His guidance, just as there was among them [many a one] who inevitably fell prey to grievous error: go, then, about the earth and behold what happened in the end to those who gave the lie to the truth!
- Sahih International
- 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.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَلَقَدْwalaqad | And certainly | — |
| 2 | بَعَثْنَاbaʿathnā | We sent | بعث |
| 3 | فِىfī | into | — |
| 4 | كُلِّkulli | every | كلل |
| 5 | أُمَّةٍۢummatin | nation | أمم |
| 6 | رَّسُولًاrasūlan | a Messenger | رسل |
| 7 | أَنِani | that | — |
| 8 | ٱعْبُدُوا۟uʿ'budū | Worship | عبد |
| 9 | ٱللَّهَl-laha | Allah | أله |
| 10 | وَٱجْتَنِبُوا۟wa-ij'tanibū | and avoid | جنب |
| 11 | ٱلطَّـٰغُوتَ ۖl-ṭāghūta | the false deities | طغي |
| 12 | فَمِنْهُمfamin'hum | Then among them | — |
| 13 | مَّنْman | (were some) whom | — |
| 14 | هَدَىhadā | Allah guided | هدي |
| 15 | ٱللَّهُl-lahu | Allah guided | أله |
| 16 | وَمِنْهُمwamin'hum | and among them | — |
| 17 | مَّنْman | (were) some | — |
| 18 | حَقَّتْḥaqqat | was justified | حقق |
| 19 | عَلَيْهِʿalayhi | on them | — |
| 20 | ٱلضَّلَـٰلَةُ ۚl-ḍalālatu | the straying | ضلل |
| 21 | فَسِيرُوا۟fasīrū | So travel | سير |
| 22 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 23 | ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍi | the earth | أرض |
| 24 | فَٱنظُرُوا۟fa-unẓurū | and see | نظر |
| 25 | كَيْفَkayfa | how | كيف |
| 26 | كَانَkāna | was | كون |
| 27 | عَـٰقِبَةُʿāqibatu | the end | عقب |
| 28 | ٱلْمُكَذِّبِينَl-mukadhibīna | (of) the deniers | كذب |