Quran 20:16 — Taa-Haa, verse 16
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Do not let anyone who does not believe in it and follows his own desires distract you from it, and so bring you to ruin.’
فَلَا يَصُدَّنَّكَ عَنْهَا مَنْ لَا يُؤْمِنُ بِهَا وَاتَّبَعَ هَوَاهُ فَتَرْدَىٰ
falā yaṣuddannaka ʿanhā man lā yu'minu bihā wa-ittabaʿa hawāhu fatardā
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Let none bar thee from it, that believes not in it but follows after his own caprice, or thou wilt perish.
- Muhammad Asad
- Hence, let not anyone who does not believe in its coming and follows [but] his own desires divert thee from [belief in] it, lest thou perish!
- Sahih International
- So do not let one avert you from it who does not believe in it and follows his desire, for you [then] would perish.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | فَلَاfalā | So (do) not | — |
| 2 | يَصُدَّنَّكَyaṣuddannaka | (let) avert you | صدد |
| 3 | عَنْهَاʿanhā | from it | — |
| 4 | مَنman | (one) who | — |
| 5 | لَّاlā | (does) not | — |
| 6 | يُؤْمِنُyu'minu | believe | أمن |
| 7 | بِهَاbihā | in it | — |
| 8 | وَٱتَّبَعَwa-ittabaʿa | and follows | تبع |
| 9 | هَوَىٰهُhawāhu | his desires | هوي |
| 10 | فَتَرْدَىٰfatardā | lest you perish | ردي |