Quran 28:50 — Al-Qasas, verse 50
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
If they do not respond to you, you will know that they follow only their own desires. Who is further astray than the one who follows his own desires with no guidance from God? Truly God does not guide those who do wrong.
فَإِنْ لَمْ يَسْتَجِيبُوا لَكَ فَاعْلَمْ أَنَّمَا يَتَّبِعُونَ أَهْوَاءَهُمْ ۚ وَمَنْ أَضَلُّ مِمَّنِ اتَّبَعَ هَوَاهُ بِغَيْرِ هُدًى مِنَ اللَّهِ ۚ إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يَهْدِي الْقَوْمَ الظَّالِمِينَ
fa-in lam yastajībū laka fa-iʿ'lam annamā yattabiʿūna ahwāahum waman aḍallu mimmani ittabaʿa hawāhu bighayri hudan mina l-lahi inna l-laha lā yahdī l-qawma l-ẓālimīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Then if they do not answer thee, know that they are only following their caprices; and who is further astray than he who follows his caprice without guidance from God? Surely God guides not the people of the evildoers.
- Muhammad Asad
- And since they cannot respond to this thy challenge, know that they are following only their own likes and dislikes: and who could be more astray than he who follows [but] his own likes and dislikes without any guidance from God? Verily, God does not grace with His guidance people who are given to evildoing!
- Sahih International
- But if they do not respond to you - then know that they only follow their [own] desires. And who is more astray than one who follows his desire without guidance from Allāh? Indeed, Allāh does not guide the wrongdoing people.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | فَإِنfa-in | But if | — |
| 2 | لَّمْlam | not | — |
| 3 | يَسْتَجِيبُوا۟yastajībū | they respond | جوب |
| 4 | لَكَlaka | to you | — |
| 5 | فَٱعْلَمْfa-iʿ'lam | then know | علم |
| 6 | أَنَّمَاannamā | that only | — |
| 7 | يَتَّبِعُونَyattabiʿūna | they follow | تبع |
| 8 | أَهْوَآءَهُمْ ۚahwāahum | their desires | هوي |
| 9 | وَمَنْwaman | And who | — |
| 10 | أَضَلُّaḍallu | (is) more astray | ضلل |
| 11 | مِمَّنِmimmani | than (one) who | — |
| 12 | ٱتَّبَعَittabaʿa | follows | تبع |
| 13 | هَوَىٰهُhawāhu | his own desire | هوي |
| 14 | بِغَيْرِbighayri | without | غير |
| 15 | هُدًۭىhudan | guidance | هدي |
| 16 | مِّنَmina | from | — |
| 17 | ٱللَّهِ ۚl-lahi | Allah | أله |
| 18 | إِنَّinna | Indeed | — |
| 19 | ٱللَّهَl-laha | Allah | أله |
| 20 | لَاlā | (does) not | — |
| 21 | يَهْدِىyahdī | guide | هدي |
| 22 | ٱلْقَوْمَl-qawma | the people | قوم |
| 23 | ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَl-ẓālimīna | the wrongdoers | ظلم |