Quran 4:60 — An-Nisaa, verse 60
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Do you [Prophet] not see those who claim to believe in what has been sent down to you, and in what was sent down before you, yet still want to turn to unjust tyrants for judgement, although they have been ordered to reject them? Satan wants to lead them far astray.
أَلَمْ تَرَ إِلَى الَّذِينَ يَزْعُمُونَ أَنَّهُمْ آمَنُوا بِمَا أُنْزِلَ إِلَيْكَ وَمَا أُنْزِلَ مِنْ قَبْلِكَ يُرِيدُونَ أَنْ يَتَحَاكَمُوا إِلَى الطَّاغُوتِ وَقَدْ أُمِرُوا أَنْ يَكْفُرُوا بِهِ وَيُرِيدُ الشَّيْطَانُ أَنْ يُضِلَّهُمْ ضَلَالًا بَعِيدًا
alam tara ilā alladhīna yazʿumūna annahum āmanū bimā unzila ilayka wamā unzila min qablika yurīdūna an yataḥākamū ilā l-ṭāghūti waqad umirū an yakfurū bihi wayurīdu l-shayṭānu an yuḍillahum ḍalālan baʿīdan
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Hast thou not regarded those who assert that they believe in what has been sent down to thee, and what was sent down before thee, desiring to take their disputes to idols, yet they have been commanded to disbelieve in them? But Satan desires to lead them astray into far error.
- Muhammad Asad
- ART THOU NOT aware of those who claim that they believe in what has been bestowed from on high upon thee, [O Prophet,] as well as in what was bestowed from on high before thee, [and yet] are willing to defer to the rule of the powers of evil - although they were bidden to deny it, seeing that Satan but wants to lead them far astray?
- Sahih International
- Have you not seen those who claim to have believed in what was revealed to you, [O Muḥammad], and what was revealed before you? They wish to refer legislation to ṭāghūt, while they were commanded to reject it; and Satan wishes to lead them far astray.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | أَلَمْalam | Do not | — |
| 2 | تَرَtara | you see | رأي |
| 3 | إِلَىilā | [towards] | — |
| 4 | ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna | those who | — |
| 5 | يَزْعُمُونَyazʿumūna | claim | زعم |
| 6 | أَنَّهُمْannahum | that they | — |
| 7 | ءَامَنُوا۟āmanū | believe | أمن |
| 8 | بِمَآbimā | in what | — |
| 9 | أُنزِلَunzila | (is) revealed | نزل |
| 10 | إِلَيْكَilayka | to you | — |
| 11 | وَمَآwamā | and what | — |
| 12 | أُنزِلَunzila | was revealed | نزل |
| 13 | مِنmin | from | — |
| 14 | قَبْلِكَqablika | before you | قبل |
| 15 | يُرِيدُونَyurīdūna | They wish | رود |
| 16 | أَنan | to | — |
| 17 | يَتَحَاكَمُوٓا۟yataḥākamū | go for judgment | حكم |
| 18 | إِلَىilā | to | — |
| 19 | ٱلطَّـٰغُوتِl-ṭāghūti | the false deities | طغي |
| 20 | وَقَدْwaqad | and surely | — |
| 21 | أُمِرُوٓا۟umirū | they were ordered | أمر |
| 22 | أَنan | to | — |
| 23 | يَكْفُرُوا۟yakfurū | reject | كفر |
| 24 | بِهِۦbihi | [with] it | — |
| 25 | وَيُرِيدُwayurīdu | And wishes | رود |
| 26 | ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنُl-shayṭānu | the Shaitaan | شطن |
| 27 | أَنan | to | — |
| 28 | يُضِلَّهُمْyuḍillahum | mislead them | ضلل |
| 29 | ضَلَـٰلًۢاḍalālan | astray | ضلل |
| 30 | بَعِيدًۭاbaʿīdan | far away | بعد |