Quran 22:31 — Al-Hajj, verse 31
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Devote yourselves to God and assign Him no partners, for the person who does so is like someone who has been hurled down from the skies and snatched up by the birds or flung to a distant place by the wind.
حُنَفَاءَ لِلَّهِ غَيْرَ مُشْرِكِينَ بِهِ ۚ وَمَنْ يُشْرِكْ بِاللَّهِ فَكَأَنَّمَا خَرَّ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ فَتَخْطَفُهُ الطَّيْرُ أَوْ تَهْوِي بِهِ الرِّيحُ فِي مَكَانٍ سَحِيقٍ
ḥunafāa lillahi ghayra mush'rikīna bihi waman yush'rik bil-lahi faka-annamā kharra mina l-samāi fatakhṭafuhu l-ṭayru aw tahwī bihi l-rīḥu fī makānin saḥīqin
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- being men pure of faith unto God, not associating with Him anything; for whosoever associates with God anything, it is as though he has fallen from heaven and the birds snatch him away, or the wind sweeps him headlong into a place far away.
- Muhammad Asad
- [inclining] towards God, [and] turning away from all that is false, without ascribing divine qualities to aught beside Him: for he who ascribes divinity to aught but God is like one who is hurtling down from the skies - whereupon the birds carry him off, or the wind blows him away onto a far-off place.
- Sahih International
- Inclining [only] to Allāh, not associating [anything] with Him. And he who associates with Allāh - it is as though he had fallen from the sky and was snatched by the birds or the wind carried him down into a remote place.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | حُنَفَآءَḥunafāa | Being upright | حنف |
| 2 | لِلَّهِlillahi | to Allah | أله |
| 3 | غَيْرَghayra | not | غير |
| 4 | مُشْرِكِينَmush'rikīna | associating partners | شرك |
| 5 | بِهِۦ ۚbihi | with Him | — |
| 6 | وَمَنwaman | And whoever | — |
| 7 | يُشْرِكْyush'rik | associates partners | شرك |
| 8 | بِٱللَّهِbil-lahi | with Allah | أله |
| 9 | فَكَأَنَّمَاfaka-annamā | then (it is) as though | — |
| 10 | خَرَّkharra | he had fallen | خرر |
| 11 | مِنَmina | from | — |
| 12 | ٱلسَّمَآءِl-samāi | the sky | سمو |
| 13 | فَتَخْطَفُهُfatakhṭafuhu | and (had) snatched him | خطف |
| 14 | ٱلطَّيْرُl-ṭayru | the birds | طير |
| 15 | أَوْaw | or | — |
| 16 | تَهْوِىtahwī | had blown | هوي |
| 17 | بِهِbihi | him | — |
| 18 | ٱلرِّيحُl-rīḥu | the wind | روح |
| 19 | فِىfī | to | — |
| 20 | مَكَانٍۢmakānin | a place | كون |
| 21 | سَحِيقٍۢsaḥīqin | far off | سحق |