Surah Al-Baqarah (البقرة) • The Cow

Quran 2:21

2:21

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّاسُ ٱعْبُدُوا۟ رَبَّكُمُ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَكُمْ وَٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِكُمْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَتَّقُونَ

yāayyuhā l-nāsu uʿ'budū rabbakumu alladhī khalaqakum wa-alladhīna min qablikum laʿallakum tattaqūna

O mankind, worship your Lord, who created you and those before you, that you may become righteous -

— Saheeh International

People, worship your Lord, who created you and those before you, so that you may be mindful [of Him]

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

O mankind! Worship your Lord (Allâh), Who created you and those who were before you so that you may become Al-Muttaqûn (the pious - See V.2:2).

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

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يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāO
ٱلنَّاسُl-nāsumankind
ٱعْبُدُوا۟uʿ'budūworship
رَبَّكُمُrabbakumuyour Lord
ٱلَّذِىalladhīthe One Who
خَلَقَكُمْkhalaqakumcreated you
وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaand those
مِنminfrom
قَبْلِكُمْqablikumbefore you
لَعَلَّكُمْlaʿallakumso that you may
تَتَّقُونَtattaqūnabecome righteous