Quran 6:81 — Al-An'aam, verse 81
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Why should I fear what you associate with Him? Why do you not fear to associate with Him things for which He has sent you no authority? Tell me, if you know the answer, which side has more right to feel secure?
وَكَيْفَ أَخَافُ مَا أَشْرَكْتُمْ وَلَا تَخَافُونَ أَنَّكُمْ أَشْرَكْتُمْ بِاللَّهِ مَا لَمْ يُنَزِّلْ بِهِ عَلَيْكُمْ سُلْطَانًا ۚ فَأَيُّ الْفَرِيقَيْنِ أَحَقُّ بِالْأَمْنِ ۖ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ
wakayfa akhāfu mā ashraktum walā takhāfūna annakum ashraktum bil-lahi mā lam yunazzil bihi ʿalaykum sul'ṭānan fa-ayyu l-farīqayni aḥaqqu bil-amni in kuntum taʿlamūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- How should I fear what you have associated, seeing you fear not that you have associated with God that whereon He has not sent down on you any authority?' Which of the two parties has better title to security, if you have any knowledge?
- Muhammad Asad
- And why should I fear anything that you worship side by side with Him, seeing that you are not afraid of ascribing divinity to other powers beside God without His ever having bestowed upon you from on high any warrant therefor? [Tell me,] then, which of the two parties has a better right to feel secure -if you happen to know [the answer]?
- Sahih International
- And how should I fear what you associate while you do not fear that you have associated with Allāh that for which He has not sent down to you any authority? So which of the two parties has more right to security, if you should know?"
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَكَيْفَwakayfa | And how | كيف |
| 2 | أَخَافُakhāfu | could I fear | خوف |
| 3 | مَآmā | what | — |
| 4 | أَشْرَكْتُمْashraktum | you associate (with Allah) | شرك |
| 5 | وَلَاwalā | while not | — |
| 6 | تَخَافُونَtakhāfūna | you fear | خوف |
| 7 | أَنَّكُمْannakum | that you | — |
| 8 | أَشْرَكْتُمashraktum | have associated | شرك |
| 9 | بِٱللَّهِbil-lahi | with Allah | أله |
| 10 | مَاmā | what | — |
| 11 | لَمْlam | not | — |
| 12 | يُنَزِّلْyunazzil | did He send down | نزل |
| 13 | بِهِۦbihi | for it | — |
| 14 | عَلَيْكُمْʿalaykum | to you | — |
| 15 | سُلْطَـٰنًۭا ۚsul'ṭānan | any authority | سلط |
| 16 | فَأَىُّfa-ayyu | So which | — |
| 17 | ٱلْفَرِيقَيْنِl-farīqayni | (of) the two parties | فرق |
| 18 | أَحَقُّaḥaqqu | has more right | حقق |
| 19 | بِٱلْأَمْنِ ۖbil-amni | to security | أمن |
| 20 | إِنin | if | — |
| 21 | كُنتُمْkuntum | you | كون |
| 22 | تَعْلَمُونَtaʿlamūna | know | علم |