Quran 27:55 — An-Naml, verse 55
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
How can you lust after men instead of women? What fools you are!’
أَئِنَّكُمْ لَتَأْتُونَ الرِّجَالَ شَهْوَةً مِنْ دُونِ النِّسَاءِ ۚ بَلْ أَنْتُمْ قَوْمٌ تَجْهَلُونَ
a-innakum latatūna l-rijāla shahwatan min dūni l-nisāi bal antum qawmun tajhalūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- What, do you approach men lustfully instead of women? No, you are a people that are ignorant.'
- Muhammad Asad
- Must you really approach men with lust instead of women? Nay, but you are people without any awareness (of right and wrong)!”
- Sahih International
- Do you indeed approach men with desire instead of women? Rather, you are a people behaving ignorantly."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | أَئِنَّكُمْa-innakum | Why do you | — |
| 2 | لَتَأْتُونَlatatūna | approach | أتي |
| 3 | ٱلرِّجَالَl-rijāla | the men | رجل |
| 4 | شَهْوَةًۭshahwatan | (with) lust | شهو |
| 5 | مِّنmin | instead of | — |
| 6 | دُونِdūni | instead of | دون |
| 7 | ٱلنِّسَآءِ ۚl-nisāi | the women | نسو |
| 8 | بَلْbal | Nay | — |
| 9 | أَنتُمْantum | you | — |
| 10 | قَوْمٌۭqawmun | (are) a people | قوم |
| 11 | تَجْهَلُونَtajhalūna | ignorant | جهل |