Quran 6:26 — Al-An'aam, verse 26
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
and tell others not to listen [to the Quran], while they themselves keep away from it. But they ruin no one but themselves, though they fail to realize this.
وَهُمْ يَنْهَوْنَ عَنْهُ وَيَنْأَوْنَ عَنْهُ ۖ وَإِنْ يُهْلِكُونَ إِلَّا أَنْفُسَهُمْ وَمَا يَشْعُرُونَ
wahum yanhawna ʿanhu wayanawna ʿanhu wa-in yuh'likūna illā anfusahum wamā yashʿurūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And they forbid it, and keep afar from it, and it is only themselves they destroy, but they are not aware.
- Muhammad Asad
- And they bar others therefrom. and go far away from it: but they destroy none but themselves, and perceive it not.
- Sahih International
- And they prevent [others] from him and are [themselves] remote from him. And they do not destroy except themselves, but they perceive [it] not.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَهُمْwahum | And they | — |
| 2 | يَنْهَوْنَyanhawna | forbid (others) | نهي |
| 3 | عَنْهُʿanhu | from it | — |
| 4 | وَيَنْـَٔوْنَwayanawna | and they keep away | نأي |
| 5 | عَنْهُ ۖʿanhu | from it | — |
| 6 | وَإِنwa-in | And not | — |
| 7 | يُهْلِكُونَyuh'likūna | they destroy | هلك |
| 8 | إِلَّآillā | except | — |
| 9 | أَنفُسَهُمْanfusahum | themselves | نفس |
| 10 | وَمَاwamā | and not | — |
| 11 | يَشْعُرُونَyashʿurūna | they perceive | شعر |