Quran 39:64 — Az-Zumar, verse 64
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Say, ‘Do you order me to worship someone other than God, you foolish people?’
قُلْ أَفَغَيْرَ اللَّهِ تَأْمُرُونِّي أَعْبُدُ أَيُّهَا الْجَاهِلُونَ
qul afaghayra l-lahi tamurūnnī aʿbudu ayyuhā l-jāhilūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Say: 'Is it other than God you bid me serve, you ignorant ones?'
- Muhammad Asad
- Say: “Is it, then, something other than God that you bid me to worship, O you who are unaware [of right and wrong]?”
- Sahih International
- Say, [O Muḥammad], "Is it other than Allāh that you order me to worship, O ignorant ones?"
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | قُلْqul | Say | قول |
| 2 | أَفَغَيْرَafaghayra | Is (it) other than | غير |
| 3 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | Allah | أله |
| 4 | تَأْمُرُوٓنِّىٓtamurūnnī | you order me | أمر |
| 5 | أَعْبُدُaʿbudu | (to) worship | عبد |
| 6 | أَيُّهَاayyuhā | O | — |
| 7 | ٱلْجَـٰهِلُونَl-jāhilūna | ignorant ones | جهل |