Quran 24:21 — An-Noor, verse 21
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Believers, do not follow in Satan’s footsteps- if you do so, he will urge you to indecency and evil. If it were not for God’s bounty and mercy towards you, not one of you would ever have attained purity. God purifies whoever He will: God is all hearing, all seeing.
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لَا تَتَّبِعُوا خُطُوَاتِ الشَّيْطَانِ ۚ وَمَنْ يَتَّبِعْ خُطُوَاتِ الشَّيْطَانِ فَإِنَّهُ يَأْمُرُ بِالْفَحْشَاءِ وَالْمُنْكَرِ ۚ وَلَوْلَا فَضْلُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْكُمْ وَرَحْمَتُهُ مَا زَكَىٰ مِنْكُمْ مِنْ أَحَدٍ أَبَدًا وَلَـٰكِنَّ اللَّهَ يُزَكِّي مَنْ يَشَاءُ ۗ وَاللَّهُ سَمِيعٌ عَلِيمٌ
yāayyuhā alladhīna āmanū lā tattabiʿū khuṭuwāti l-shayṭāni waman yattabiʿ khuṭuwāti l-shayṭāni fa-innahu yamuru bil-faḥshāi wal-munkari walawlā faḍlu l-lahi ʿalaykum waraḥmatuhu mā zakā minkum min aḥadin abadan walākinna l-laha yuzakkī man yashāu wal-lahu samīʿun ʿalīmun
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- O believers, follow not the steps of Satan; for whosoever follows the steps of Satan, assuredly he bids to indecency and dishonour. But for God's bounty to you and His mercy not one of you would have been pure ever; but God purifies whom He will; and God is All-hearing, All-knowing.
- Muhammad Asad
- O You who have attained to faith! Follow not Satan’s footsteps: for he who follows Satan’s footsteps [will find that], behold, he enjoins but deeds of abomination and all that runs counter to reason. And were it not for God’s favour upon you and His grace, not one of you would ever have remained pure. For [thus it is:] God who causes whomever He wills to grow in purity: for God is all-hearing, all-knowing.
- Sahih International
- O you who have believed, do not follow the footsteps of Satan. And whoever follows the footsteps of Satan - indeed, he enjoins immorality and wrongdoing. And if not for the favor of Allāh upon you and His mercy, not one of you would have been pure, ever, but Allāh purifies whom He wills, and Allāh is Hearing and Knowing.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ۞ يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhā | O you who believe | — |
| 2 | ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna | O you who believe | — |
| 3 | ءَامَنُوا۟āmanū | O you who believe | أمن |
| 4 | لَاlā | (Do) not | — |
| 5 | تَتَّبِعُوا۟tattabiʿū | follow | تبع |
| 6 | خُطُوَٰتِkhuṭuwāti | (the) footsteps | خطو |
| 7 | ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنِ ۚl-shayṭāni | (of) the Shaitaan | شطن |
| 8 | وَمَنwaman | and whoever | — |
| 9 | يَتَّبِعْyattabiʿ | follows | تبع |
| 10 | خُطُوَٰتِkhuṭuwāti | (the) footsteps | خطو |
| 11 | ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنِl-shayṭāni | (of) the Shaitaan | شطن |
| 12 | فَإِنَّهُۥfa-innahu | then indeed, he | — |
| 13 | يَأْمُرُyamuru | commands | أمر |
| 14 | بِٱلْفَحْشَآءِbil-faḥshāi | the immorality | فحش |
| 15 | وَٱلْمُنكَرِ ۚwal-munkari | and the evil | نكر |
| 16 | وَلَوْلَاwalawlā | And if not | — |
| 17 | فَضْلُfaḍlu | (for the) Grace of Allah | فضل |
| 18 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | (for the) Grace of Allah | أله |
| 19 | عَلَيْكُمْʿalaykum | upon you | — |
| 20 | وَرَحْمَتُهُۥwaraḥmatuhu | and His Mercy | رحم |
| 21 | مَاmā | not | — |
| 22 | زَكَىٰzakā | (would) have been pure | زكو |
| 23 | مِنكُمminkum | among you | — |
| 24 | مِّنْmin | anyone | — |
| 25 | أَحَدٍaḥadin | anyone | أحد |
| 26 | أَبَدًۭاabadan | ever | أبد |
| 27 | وَلَـٰكِنَّwalākinna | but | — |
| 28 | ٱللَّهَl-laha | Allah | أله |
| 29 | يُزَكِّىyuzakkī | purifies | زكو |
| 30 | مَنman | whom | — |
| 31 | يَشَآءُ ۗyashāu | He wills | شيأ |
| 32 | وَٱللَّهُwal-lahu | And Allah | أله |
| 33 | سَمِيعٌsamīʿun | (is) All-Hearer | سمع |
| 34 | عَلِيمٌۭʿalīmun | All-Knower | علم |