Quran 6:108 — Al-An'aam, verse 108
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
[Believers], do not revile those they call on beside God in case they, in their hostility and ignorance, revile God. To each community We make their own actions seem alluring, but in the end they will return to their Lord and He will inform them of all they did.
وَلَا تَسُبُّوا الَّذِينَ يَدْعُونَ مِنْ دُونِ اللَّهِ فَيَسُبُّوا اللَّهَ عَدْوًا بِغَيْرِ عِلْمٍ ۗ كَذَٰلِكَ زَيَّنَّا لِكُلِّ أُمَّةٍ عَمَلَهُمْ ثُمَّ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِمْ مَرْجِعُهُمْ فَيُنَبِّئُهُمْ بِمَا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ
walā tasubbū alladhīna yadʿūna min dūni l-lahi fayasubbū l-laha ʿadwan bighayri ʿil'min kadhālika zayyannā likulli ummatin ʿamalahum thumma ilā rabbihim marjiʿuhum fayunabbi-uhum bimā kānū yaʿmalūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Abuse not those to whom they pray, apart from God, or they will abuse God in revenge without knowledge. So We have decked out fair to every nation their deeds; then to their Lord they shall return, and He will tell them what they have been doing.
- Muhammad Asad
- But do not revile those [beings] whom they invoke instead of God, lest they revile God out of spite, and in ignorance: for, goodly indeed have We made their own doings appear unto every community In time, [however,] unto their Sustainer they must return: and then He will make them [truly] understand all that they were doing.
- Sahih International
- And do not insult those they invoke other than Allāh, lest they insult Allāh in enmity without knowledge. Thus We have made pleasing to every community their deeds. Then to their Lord is their return, and He will inform them about what they used to do.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَلَاwalā | And (do) not | — |
| 2 | تَسُبُّوا۟tasubbū | insult | سبب |
| 3 | ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna | those whom | — |
| 4 | يَدْعُونَyadʿūna | they invoke | دعو |
| 5 | مِنmin | from | — |
| 6 | دُونِdūni | other than | دون |
| 7 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | Allah | أله |
| 8 | فَيَسُبُّوا۟fayasubbū | lest they insult | سبب |
| 9 | ٱللَّهَl-laha | Allah | أله |
| 10 | عَدْوًۢاʿadwan | (in) enmity | عدو |
| 11 | بِغَيْرِbighayri | without | غير |
| 12 | عِلْمٍۢ ۗʿil'min | knowledge | علم |
| 13 | كَذَٰلِكَkadhālika | Thus | — |
| 14 | زَيَّنَّاzayyannā | We have made fair-seeming | زين |
| 15 | لِكُلِّlikulli | to every | كلل |
| 16 | أُمَّةٍummatin | community | أمم |
| 17 | عَمَلَهُمْʿamalahum | their deed | عمل |
| 18 | ثُمَّthumma | Then | — |
| 19 | إِلَىٰilā | to | — |
| 20 | رَبِّهِمrabbihim | their Lord | ربب |
| 21 | مَّرْجِعُهُمْmarjiʿuhum | (is) their return | رجع |
| 22 | فَيُنَبِّئُهُمfayunabbi-uhum | then He will inform them | نبأ |
| 23 | بِمَاbimā | about what | — |
| 24 | كَانُوا۟kānū | they used to | كون |
| 25 | يَعْمَلُونَyaʿmalūna | do | عمل |