Quran 36:60 — Yaseen, verse 60
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Children of Adam, did I not command you not to serve Satan, for he was your sworn enemy,
أَلَمْ أَعْهَدْ إِلَيْكُمْ يَا بَنِي آدَمَ أَنْ لَا تَعْبُدُوا الشَّيْطَانَ ۖ إِنَّهُ لَكُمْ عَدُوٌّ مُبِينٌ
alam aʿhad ilaykum yābanī ādama an lā taʿbudū l-shayṭāna innahu lakum ʿaduwwun mubīnun
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Made I not covenant with you, Children of Adam, that you should not serve Satan -- surely he is a manifest foe to you --
- Muhammad Asad
- Did I not enjoin on you, O you children of Adam, that you should not worship Satan – since, verily, he is your open foe
- Sahih International
- Did I not enjoin upon you, O children of Adam, that you not worship Satan - [for] indeed, he is to you a clear enemy -
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ۞ أَلَمْalam | Did not | — |
| 2 | أَعْهَدْaʿhad | I enjoin | عهد |
| 3 | إِلَيْكُمْilaykum | upon you | — |
| 4 | يَـٰبَنِىٓyābanī | O Children of Adam | بني |
| 5 | ءَادَمَādama | O Children of Adam | — |
| 6 | أَنan | That | — |
| 7 | لَّاlā | (do) not | — |
| 8 | تَعْبُدُوا۟taʿbudū | worship | عبد |
| 9 | ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنَ ۖl-shayṭāna | the Shaitaan | شطن |
| 10 | إِنَّهُۥinnahu | indeed, he | — |
| 11 | لَكُمْlakum | (is) for you | — |
| 12 | عَدُوٌّۭʿaduwwun | an enemy | عدو |
| 13 | مُّبِينٌۭmubīnun | clear | بين |