Quran 17:22 — Al-Israa, verse 22
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Set up no other god beside God, or you will end up disgraced and forsaken.
لَا تَجْعَلْ مَعَ اللَّهِ إِلَـٰهًا آخَرَ فَتَقْعُدَ مَذْمُومًا مَخْذُولًا
lā tajʿal maʿa l-lahi ilāhan ākhara fataqʿuda madhmūman makhdhūlan
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Set not up with God another god, or thou wilt sit condemned and forsaken.
- Muhammad Asad
- DO NOT set up any other deity side by side with God, lest thou find thyself disgraced and forsaken:
- Sahih International
- Do not make [as equal] with Allāh another deity and [thereby] become censured and forsaken.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | لَّاlā | (Do) not | — |
| 2 | تَجْعَلْtajʿal | make | جعل |
| 3 | مَعَmaʿa | with | — |
| 4 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | Allah | أله |
| 5 | إِلَـٰهًاilāhan | god | أله |
| 6 | ءَاخَرَākhara | another | أخر |
| 7 | فَتَقْعُدَfataqʿuda | lest you will sit | قعد |
| 8 | مَذْمُومًۭاmadhmūman | disgraced | ذمم |
| 9 | مَّخْذُولًۭاmakhdhūlan | forsaken | خذل |