Quran 24:54 — An-Noor, verse 54
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Say, ‘Obey God; obey the Messenger. If you turn away, [know that] he is responsible for the duty placed upon him, and you are responsible for the duty placed upon you. If you obey him, you will be rightly guided, but the Messenger’s duty is only to deliver the message clearly.’
قُلْ أَطِيعُوا اللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُوا الرَّسُولَ ۖ فَإِنْ تَوَلَّوْا فَإِنَّمَا عَلَيْهِ مَا حُمِّلَ وَعَلَيْكُمْ مَا حُمِّلْتُمْ ۖ وَإِنْ تُطِيعُوهُ تَهْتَدُوا ۚ وَمَا عَلَى الرَّسُولِ إِلَّا الْبَلَاغُ الْمُبِينُ
qul aṭīʿū l-laha wa-aṭīʿū l-rasūla fa-in tawallaw fa-innamā ʿalayhi mā ḥummila waʿalaykum mā ḥummil'tum wa-in tuṭīʿūhu tahtadū wamā ʿalā l-rasūli illā l-balāghu l-mubīnu
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Say: 'Obey God, and obey the Messenger; then, if you turn away, only upon him rests what is laid on him, and upon you rests what is laid on you. If you obey him, you will be guided. It is only for the Messenger to deliver the manifest Message.'
- Muhammad Asad
- Say: “Pay heed unto God, and pay heed unto the Apostle.” And if you turn away [from the Apostle, know that] he will have to answer only for whatever he has been charged with, and you, for what you have been charged with; but if you pay heed unto him, you will be on the right way. Withal, the Apostle is not bound to do more than clearly deliver the message [entrusted to him].
- Sahih International
- Say, "Obey Allāh and obey the Messenger; but if you turn away - then upon him is only that [duty] with which he has been charged, and upon you is that with which you have been charged. And if you obey him, you will be [rightly] guided. And there is not upon the Messenger except the [responsibility for] clear notification."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | قُلْqul | Say | قول |
| 2 | أَطِيعُوا۟aṭīʿū | Obey | طوع |
| 3 | ٱللَّهَl-laha | Allah | أله |
| 4 | وَأَطِيعُوا۟wa-aṭīʿū | and obey | طوع |
| 5 | ٱلرَّسُولَ ۖl-rasūla | the Messenger | رسل |
| 6 | فَإِنfa-in | but if | — |
| 7 | تَوَلَّوْا۟tawallaw | you turn away | ولي |
| 8 | فَإِنَّمَاfa-innamā | then only | — |
| 9 | عَلَيْهِʿalayhi | upon him | — |
| 10 | مَاmā | (is) what | — |
| 11 | حُمِّلَḥummila | (is) placed on him | حمل |
| 12 | وَعَلَيْكُمwaʿalaykum | and on you | — |
| 13 | مَّاmā | (is) what | — |
| 14 | حُمِّلْتُمْ ۖḥummil'tum | (is) placed on you | حمل |
| 15 | وَإِنwa-in | And if | — |
| 16 | تُطِيعُوهُtuṭīʿūhu | you obey him | طوع |
| 17 | تَهْتَدُوا۟ ۚtahtadū | you will be guided | هدي |
| 18 | وَمَاwamā | And not | — |
| 19 | عَلَىʿalā | (is) on | — |
| 20 | ٱلرَّسُولِl-rasūli | the Messenger | رسل |
| 21 | إِلَّاillā | except | — |
| 22 | ٱلْبَلَـٰغُl-balāghu | the conveyance | بلغ |
| 23 | ٱلْمُبِينُl-mubīnu | [the] clear | بين |