Quran 6:71 — Al-An'aam, verse 71
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Say, ‘Instead of God, are we to call on what neither profits nor harms us? [Are we to] turn on our heels after God has guided us, like someone bewildered, having been tempted by devils into a desert ravine, though his companions call him to guidance [saying], “Come to us”?’ Say, ‘God’s guidance is the true guidance. We are commanded to devote ourselves to the Lord of the Worlds,
قُلْ أَنَدْعُو مِنْ دُونِ اللَّهِ مَا لَا يَنْفَعُنَا وَلَا يَضُرُّنَا وَنُرَدُّ عَلَىٰ أَعْقَابِنَا بَعْدَ إِذْ هَدَانَا اللَّهُ كَالَّذِي اسْتَهْوَتْهُ الشَّيَاطِينُ فِي الْأَرْضِ حَيْرَانَ لَهُ أَصْحَابٌ يَدْعُونَهُ إِلَى الْهُدَى ائْتِنَا ۗ قُلْ إِنَّ هُدَى اللَّهِ هُوَ الْهُدَىٰ ۖ وَأُمِرْنَا لِنُسْلِمَ لِرَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ
qul anadʿū min dūni l-lahi mā lā yanfaʿunā walā yaḍurrunā wanuraddu ʿalā aʿqābinā baʿda idh hadānā l-lahu ka-alladhī is'tahwathu l-shayāṭīnu fī l-arḍi ḥayrāna lahu aṣḥābun yadʿūnahu ilā l-hudā i'tinā qul inna hudā l-lahi huwa l-hudā wa-umir'nā linus'lima lirabbi l-ʿālamīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Say: 'Shall we call, apart from God, on that which neither profits nor hurts us, and shall we be turned back on our heels after that God has guided us? -- Like one lured to bewilderment in the earth by Satans, though he has friends who call him to guidance, "Come to us!" Say: 'God's guidance is the true guidance, and we are commanded to surrender to the Lord of all Being,
- Muhammad Asad
- SAY: "Shall we invoke, instead of God, something that can neither benefit us nor harm us, and [thus] turn around on our heels after God has guided us aright? -like one whom the satans have enticed into blundering after earthly lusts, the while his companions, trying to guide him, call out unto him [from afar], `Come thou to us!"' Say: "Verily, God's guidance is the only guidance: and so we have been bidden to surrender ourselves unto the Sustainer of all the worlds,
- Sahih International
- Say, "Shall we invoke instead of Allāh that which neither benefits us nor harms us and be turned back on our heels after Allāh has guided us? [We would then be] like one whom the devils enticed [to wander] upon the earth confused, [while] he has companions inviting him to guidance, [calling], 'Come to us.'" Say, "Indeed, the guidance of Allāh is the [only] guidance; and we have been commanded to submit to the Lord of the worlds.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | قُلْqul | Say | قول |
| 2 | أَنَدْعُوا۟anadʿū | Shall we call | دعو |
| 3 | مِنmin | from | — |
| 4 | دُونِdūni | besides | دون |
| 5 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | Allah | أله |
| 6 | مَاmā | what | — |
| 7 | لَاlā | not | — |
| 8 | يَنفَعُنَاyanfaʿunā | benefits us | نفع |
| 9 | وَلَاwalā | and not | — |
| 10 | يَضُرُّنَاyaḍurrunā | harms us | ضرر |
| 11 | وَنُرَدُّwanuraddu | and we turn back | ردد |
| 12 | عَلَىٰٓʿalā | on | — |
| 13 | أَعْقَابِنَاaʿqābinā | our heels | عقب |
| 14 | بَعْدَbaʿda | after | بعد |
| 15 | إِذْidh | [when] | — |
| 16 | هَدَىٰنَاhadānā | (has) guided us | هدي |
| 17 | ٱللَّهُl-lahu | Allah | أله |
| 18 | كَٱلَّذِىka-alladhī | Like the one | — |
| 19 | ٱسْتَهْوَتْهُis'tahwathu | whom (has been) enticed | هوي |
| 20 | ٱلشَّيَـٰطِينُl-shayāṭīnu | (by) the Shaitaan | شطن |
| 21 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 22 | ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍi | the earth | أرض |
| 23 | حَيْرَانَḥayrāna | confused | حير |
| 24 | لَهُۥٓlahu | he has | — |
| 25 | أَصْحَـٰبٌۭaṣḥābun | companions | صحب |
| 26 | يَدْعُونَهُۥٓyadʿūnahu | who call him | دعو |
| 27 | إِلَىilā | towards | — |
| 28 | ٱلْهُدَىl-hudā | the guidance | هدي |
| 29 | ٱئْتِنَا ۗi'tinā | 'Come to us.' | أتي |
| 30 | قُلْqul | Say | قول |
| 31 | إِنَّinna | Indeed | — |
| 32 | هُدَىhudā | (the) Guidance | هدي |
| 33 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | (of) Allah | أله |
| 34 | هُوَhuwa | it | — |
| 35 | ٱلْهُدَىٰ ۖl-hudā | (is) the Guidance | هدي |
| 36 | وَأُمِرْنَاwa-umir'nā | and we have been commanded | أمر |
| 37 | لِنُسْلِمَlinus'lima | that we submit | سلم |
| 38 | لِرَبِّlirabbi | to (the) Lord | ربب |
| 39 | ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَl-ʿālamīna | (of) the worlds | علم |