Surah Yusuf (يوسف) • Joseph

Quran 12:40

12:40

مَا تَعْبُدُونَ مِن دُونِهِۦٓ إِلَّآ أَسْمَآءً سَمَّيْتُمُوهَآ أَنتُمْ وَءَابَآؤُكُم مَّآ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ بِهَا مِن سُلْطَـٰنٍ ۚ إِنِ ٱلْحُكْمُ إِلَّا لِلَّهِ ۚ أَمَرَ أَلَّا تَعْبُدُوٓا۟ إِلَّآ إِيَّاهُ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ ٱلدِّينُ ٱلْقَيِّمُ وَلَـٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَ ٱلنَّاسِ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ

mā taʿbudūna min dūnihi illā asmāan sammaytumūhā antum waābāukum mā anzala l-lahu bihā min sul'ṭānin ini l-ḥuk'mu illā lillahi amara allā taʿbudū illā iyyāhu dhālika l-dīnu l-qayimu walākinna akthara l-nāsi lā yaʿlamūna

You worship not besides Him except [mere] names you have named them, you and your fathers, for which Allāh has sent down no evidence. Legislation is not but for Allāh. He has commanded that you worship not except Him. That is the correct religion, but most of the people do not know.

— Saheeh International

All those you worship instead of Him are mere names you and your forefathers have invented, names for which God has sent down no sanction. Authority belongs to God alone, and He orders you to worship none but Him: this is the true faith, though most people do not realize it.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

"You do not worship besides Him but only names which you have named (forged) - you and your fathers - for which Allâh has sent down no authority. The command (or the judgement) is for none but Allâh. He has commanded that you worship none but Him (i.e. His Monotheism); that is the (true) straight religion, but most men know not.

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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Word by Word

مَاmāNot
تَعْبُدُونَtaʿbudūnayou worship
مِنminbesides Him
دُونِهِۦٓdūnihibesides Him
إِلَّآillābut
أَسْمَآءًۭasmāannames
سَمَّيْتُمُوهَآsammaytumūhāwhich you have named them
أَنتُمْantumyou
وَءَابَآؤُكُمwaābāukumand your forefathers
مَّآmānot
أَنزَلَanzala(has) sent down
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
بِهَاbihāfor it
مِنminany
سُلْطَـٰنٍۚsul'ṭāninauthority
إِنِiniNot
ٱلْحُكْمُl-ḥuk'mu(is) the command
إِلَّاillābut
لِلَّهِۚlillahifor Allah
أَمَرَamaraHe has commanded
أَلَّاallāthat not
تَعْبُدُوٓا۟taʿbudūyou worship
إِلَّآillābut
إِيَّاهُۚiyyāhuHim Alone
ذَٰلِكَdhālikaThat
ٱلدِّينُl-dīnu(is) the religion
ٱلْقَيِّمُl-qayimuthe right
وَلَـٰكِنَّwalākinnabut
أَكْثَرَaktharamost
ٱلنَّاسِl-nāsi[the] men
لَاlā(do) not
يَعْلَمُونَyaʿlamūnaknow