Quran 39:3 — Az-Zumar, verse 3
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
true devotion is due to God alone. [As for] those who choose other protectors beside Him, saying, ‘We only worship them because they bring us nearer to God,’ God Himself will judge between them regarding their differences. God does not guide any ungrateful liar.
أَلَا لِلَّهِ الدِّينُ الْخَالِصُ ۚ وَالَّذِينَ اتَّخَذُوا مِنْ دُونِهِ أَوْلِيَاءَ مَا نَعْبُدُهُمْ إِلَّا لِيُقَرِّبُونَا إِلَى اللَّهِ زُلْفَىٰ إِنَّ اللَّهَ يَحْكُمُ بَيْنَهُمْ فِي مَا هُمْ فِيهِ يَخْتَلِفُونَ ۗ إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يَهْدِي مَنْ هُوَ كَاذِبٌ كَفَّارٌ
alā lillahi l-dīnu l-khāliṣu wa-alladhīna ittakhadhū min dūnihi awliyāa mā naʿbuduhum illā liyuqarribūnā ilā l-lahi zul'fā inna l-laha yaḥkumu baynahum fī mā hum fīhi yakhtalifūna inna l-laha lā yahdī man huwa kādhibun kaffārun
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Belongs not sincere religion to God? And those who take protectors, apart from Him -- 'We only serve them that they may bring us nigh in nearness to God' -- surely God shall judge between them touching that whereon they are at variance. Surely God guides not him who is a liar, unthankful.
- Muhammad Asad
- Is it not to God alone that all sincere faith is due? And yet, they who take for their protectors aught beside Him [are wont to say], “We worship them for no other reason than that they bring us nearer to God.” Behold, God will judge between them [on Resurrection Day] with regard to all wherein they differ [from the truth]: for, verily, God does not grace with His guidance anyone who is bent on lying [to himself and is] stubbornly ingrate!
- Sahih International
- Unquestionably, for Allāh is the pure religion. And those who take protectors besides Him [say], "We only worship them that they may bring us nearer to Allāh in position." Indeed, Allāh will judge between them concerning that over which they differ. Indeed, Allāh does not guide he who is a liar and [confirmed] disbeliever.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | أَلَاalā | Unquestionably | — |
| 2 | لِلَّهِlillahi | for Allah | أله |
| 3 | ٱلدِّينُl-dīnu | (is) the religion | دين |
| 4 | ٱلْخَالِصُ ۚl-khāliṣu | the pure | خلص |
| 5 | وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīna | And those who | — |
| 6 | ٱتَّخَذُوا۟ittakhadhū | take | أخذ |
| 7 | مِنmin | besides Him | — |
| 8 | دُونِهِۦٓdūnihi | besides Him | دون |
| 9 | أَوْلِيَآءَawliyāa | protectors | ولي |
| 10 | مَاmā | Not | — |
| 11 | نَعْبُدُهُمْnaʿbuduhum | we worship them | عبد |
| 12 | إِلَّاillā | except | — |
| 13 | لِيُقَرِّبُونَآliyuqarribūnā | that they may bring us near | قرب |
| 14 | إِلَىilā | to | — |
| 15 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | Allah | أله |
| 16 | زُلْفَىٰٓzul'fā | (in) nearness | زلف |
| 17 | إِنَّinna | Indeed | — |
| 18 | ٱللَّهَl-laha | Allah | أله |
| 19 | يَحْكُمُyaḥkumu | will judge | حكم |
| 20 | بَيْنَهُمْbaynahum | between them | بين |
| 21 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 22 | مَاmā | what | — |
| 23 | هُمْhum | they | — |
| 24 | فِيهِfīhi | [in it] | — |
| 25 | يَخْتَلِفُونَ ۗyakhtalifūna | differ | خلف |
| 26 | إِنَّinna | Indeed | — |
| 27 | ٱللَّهَl-laha | Allah | أله |
| 28 | لَاlā | (does) not | — |
| 29 | يَهْدِىyahdī | guide | هدي |
| 30 | مَنْman | (one) who | — |
| 31 | هُوَhuwa | [he] | — |
| 32 | كَـٰذِبٌۭkādhibun | (is) a liar | كذب |
| 33 | كَفَّارٌۭkaffārun | and a disbeliever | كفر |