Quran 27:91 — An-Naml, verse 91
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
[Say Prophet], ‘What I am commanded to do is to serve the Sustainer of this town, which He has made inviolable. Everything belongs to Him; I am commanded to be one of those devoted to Him;
إِنَّمَا أُمِرْتُ أَنْ أَعْبُدَ رَبَّ هَـٰذِهِ الْبَلْدَةِ الَّذِي حَرَّمَهَا وَلَهُ كُلُّ شَيْءٍ ۖ وَأُمِرْتُ أَنْ أَكُونَ مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ
innamā umir'tu an aʿbuda rabba hādhihi l-baldati alladhī ḥarramahā walahu kullu shayin wa-umir'tu an akūna mina l-mus'limīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- I have only been commanded to serve the Lord of this territory which He has made sacred; to Him belongs everything. And I have been commanded to be of those that surrender,
- Muhammad Asad
- [SAY, O Muhammad:] “I have been bidden to worship the Sustainer of this City – Him who has made it sacred, and unto whom all things belong: and I have been bidden to be of those who surrender themselves to Him,
- Sahih International
- [Say, O Muḥammad], "I have only been commanded to worship the Lord of this city, who made it sacred and to whom [belongs] all things. And I am commanded to be of the Muslims [i.e., those who submit to Allāh]
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | إِنَّمَآinnamā | Only | — |
| 2 | أُمِرْتُumir'tu | I am commanded | أمر |
| 3 | أَنْan | that | — |
| 4 | أَعْبُدَaʿbuda | I worship | عبد |
| 5 | رَبَّrabba | (the) Lord | ربب |
| 6 | هَـٰذِهِhādhihi | (of) this | — |
| 7 | ٱلْبَلْدَةِl-baldati | city | بلد |
| 8 | ٱلَّذِىalladhī | the One Who | — |
| 9 | حَرَّمَهَاḥarramahā | made it sacred | حرم |
| 10 | وَلَهُۥwalahu | and to Him (belongs) | — |
| 11 | كُلُّkullu | all | كلل |
| 12 | شَىْءٍۢ ۖshayin | things | شيأ |
| 13 | وَأُمِرْتُwa-umir'tu | And I am commanded | أمر |
| 14 | أَنْan | that | — |
| 15 | أَكُونَakūna | I be | كون |
| 16 | مِنَmina | of | — |
| 17 | ٱلْمُسْلِمِينَl-mus'limīna | the Muslims | سلم |