Quran 6:90 — Al-An'aam, verse 90
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Those were the people God guided, ‘[Prophet], follow the guidance they received.’ Say, ‘I ask no reward for it from you: it is a lesson for all people.’
أُولَـٰئِكَ الَّذِينَ هَدَى اللَّهُ ۖ فَبِهُدَاهُمُ اقْتَدِهْ ۗ قُلْ لَا أَسْأَلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ أَجْرًا ۖ إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرَىٰ لِلْعَالَمِينَ
ulāika alladhīna hadā l-lahu fabihudāhumu iq'tadih qul lā asalukum ʿalayhi ajran in huwa illā dhik'rā lil'ʿālamīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Those are they whom God has guided; so follow their guidance. Say: 'I ask of you no wage for it; it is but a reminder unto all beings.'
- Muhammad Asad
- to those whom God has guided. Follow, then, their guidance, [and] say: "No reward do I ask of you for this [truth]: behold, it is but an admonition unto all mankind!"
- Sahih International
- Those are the ones whom Allāh has guided, so from their guidance take an example. Say, "I ask of you for it [i.e., this message] no payment. It is not but a reminder for the worlds."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāika | Those | — |
| 2 | ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna | (are) ones whom | — |
| 3 | هَدَىhadā | (have been) guided | هدي |
| 4 | ٱللَّهُ ۖl-lahu | (by) Allah | أله |
| 5 | فَبِهُدَىٰهُمُfabihudāhumu | so of their guidance | هدي |
| 6 | ٱقْتَدِهْ ۗiq'tadih | you follow | قدو |
| 7 | قُلqul | Say | قول |
| 8 | لَّآlā | Not | — |
| 9 | أَسْـَٔلُكُمْasalukum | I ask you | سأل |
| 10 | عَلَيْهِʿalayhi | for it | — |
| 11 | أَجْرًا ۖajran | any reward | أجر |
| 12 | إِنْin | Not | — |
| 13 | هُوَhuwa | (is) it | — |
| 14 | إِلَّاillā | but | — |
| 15 | ذِكْرَىٰdhik'rā | a reminder | ذكر |
| 16 | لِلْعَـٰلَمِينَlil'ʿālamīna | for the worlds | علم |