Al-An'aam 6:56 — Quran | Pray for the Truth

M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation

Say, ‘I am forbidden to worship those you call on other than God.’ Say, ‘I will not follow your vain desires, for if I did, I would stray from the path and cease to be rightly guided.’

قُلْ إِنِّي نُهِيتُ أَنْ أَعْبُدَ الَّذِينَ تَدْعُونَ مِنْ دُونِ اللَّهِ ۚ قُلْ لَا أَتَّبِعُ أَهْوَاءَكُمْ ۙ قَدْ ضَلَلْتُ إِذًا وَمَا أَنَا مِنَ الْمُهْتَدِينَ

qul innī nuhītu an aʿbuda alladhīna tadʿūna min dūni l-lahi qul lā attabiʿu ahwāakum qad ḍalaltu idhan wamā anā mina l-muh'tadīna

A. J. Arberry: Say: 'I am forbidden to serve those you call on apart from God.' Say: 'I do not follow your caprices, or else I had gone astray, and would not be of the right-guided.'
Muhammad Asad: SAY [to the deniers of the truth]: "Behold, I have been forbidden to worship those [beings] whom you invoke instead of God." Say: "I do not follow your errant views -or else I should have gone astray, and should not be among those who have found the right path."
Sahih International: Say, "Indeed, I have been forbidden to worship those you invoke besides Allāh." Say, "I will not follow your desires, for I would then have gone astray, and I would not be of the [rightly] guided."

Word-by-word analysis of Al-An'aam verse 56
#	Word	Meaning	Root
1	قُلْqul	Say	قول
2	إِنِّىinnī	Indeed I	—
3	نُهِيتُnuhītu	[I] am forbidden	نهي
4	أَنْan	that	—
5	أَعْبُدَaʿbuda	I worship	عبد
6	ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna	those whom	—
7	تَدْعُونَtadʿūna	you call	دعو
8	مِنmin	from	—
9	دُونِdūni	besides	دون
10	ٱللَّهِ ۚl-lahi	Allah	أله
11	قُلqul	Say	قول
12	لَّآlā	Not	—
13	أَتَّبِعُattabiʿu	I follow	تبع
14	أَهْوَآءَكُمْ ۙahwāakum	your (vain) desires	هوي
15	قَدْqad	certainly	—
16	ضَلَلْتُḍalaltu	I would go astray	ضلل
17	إِذًۭاidhan	then	—
18	وَمَآwamā	and not	—
19	أَنَا۠anā	I (would be)	—
20	مِنَmina	from	—
21	ٱلْمُهْتَدِينَl-muh'tadīna	the guided-ones	هدي

Quran 6:56 — Al-An'aam, verse 56

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