Al-Ghaafir 40:66 — Quran | Pray for the Truth

M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation

Say [Prophet], ‘Since clear evidence has come to me from my Lord I am forbidden to serve those you call upon besides God: I am commanded to submit to the Lord of the Worlds.’

قُلْ إِنِّي نُهِيتُ أَنْ أَعْبُدَ الَّذِينَ تَدْعُونَ مِنْ دُونِ اللَّهِ لَمَّا جَاءَنِيَ الْبَيِّنَاتُ مِنْ رَبِّي وَأُمِرْتُ أَنْ أُسْلِمَ لِرَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ

qul innī nuhītu an aʿbuda alladhīna tadʿūna min dūni l-lahi lammā jāaniya l-bayinātu min rabbī wa-umir'tu an us'lima lirabbi l-ʿālamīna

A. J. Arberry: Say: 'I am forbidden to serve those you call on apart from God once the clear signs came to me from my Lord; and I am commanded to surrender to the Lord of All Being.'
Muhammad Asad: Say: “Since all evidence of the truth has come to me from my Sustainer, I am forbidden to worship [any of] those beings whom you invoke instead of God; and I am bidden to surrender myself to the Sustainer of all the worlds.”
Sahih International: Say, [O Muḥammad], "Indeed, I have been forbidden to worship those you call upon besides Allāh once the clear proofs have come to me from my Lord, and I have been commanded to submit to the Lord of the worlds."

Word-by-word analysis of Al-Ghaafir verse 66
#	Word	Meaning	Root
1	۞ قُلْqul	Say	قول
2	إِنِّىinnī	Indeed, I	—
3	نُهِيتُnuhītu	[I] have been forbidden	نهي
4	أَنْan	to	—
5	أَعْبُدَaʿbuda	worship	عبد
6	ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna	those whom	—
7	تَدْعُونَtadʿūna	you call	دعو
8	مِنmin	besides	—
9	دُونِdūni	besides	دون
10	ٱللَّهِl-lahi	Allah	أله
11	لَمَّاlammā	when	—
12	جَآءَنِىَjāaniya	have come to me	جيأ
13	ٱلْبَيِّنَـٰتُl-bayinātu	the clear proofs	بين
14	مِنmin	from	—
15	رَّبِّىrabbī	my Lord	ربب
16	وَأُمِرْتُwa-umir'tu	and I am commanded	أمر
17	أَنْan	to	—
18	أُسْلِمَus'lima	submit	سلم
19	لِرَبِّlirabbi	to (the) Lord	ربب
20	ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَl-ʿālamīna	(of) the worlds	علم

Quran 40:66 — Al-Ghaafir, verse 66

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