Surah An-Nur (النور) • The Light

Quran 24:21

24:21

۞ يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ لَا تَتَّبِعُوا۟ خُطُوَٰتِ ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنِ ۚ وَمَن يَتَّبِعْ خُطُوَٰتِ ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنِ فَإِنَّهُۥ يَأْمُرُ بِٱلْفَحْشَآءِ وَٱلْمُنكَرِ ۚ وَلَوْلَا فَضْلُ ٱللَّهِ عَلَيْكُمْ وَرَحْمَتُهُۥ مَا زَكَىٰ مِنكُم مِّنْ أَحَدٍ أَبَدًا وَلَـٰكِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يُزَكِّى مَن يَشَآءُ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ سَمِيعٌ عَلِيمٌ

yāayyuhā alladhīna āmanū lā tattabiʿū khuṭuwāti l-shayṭāni waman yattabiʿ khuṭuwāti l-shayṭāni fa-innahu yamuru bil-faḥshāi wal-munkari walawlā faḍlu l-lahi ʿalaykum waraḥmatuhu mā zakā minkum min aḥadin abadan walākinna l-laha yuzakkī man yashāu wal-lahu samīʿun ʿalīmun

O you who have believed, do not follow the footsteps of Satan. And whoever follows the footsteps of Satan - indeed, he enjoins immorality and wrongdoing. And if not for the favor of Allāh upon you and His mercy, not one of you would have been pure, ever, but Allāh purifies whom He wills, and Allāh is Hearing and Knowing.

— Saheeh International

Believers, do not follow in Satan’s footsteps- if you do so, he will urge you to indecency and evil. If it were not for God’s bounty and mercy towards you, not one of you would ever have attained purity. God purifies whoever He will: God is all hearing, all seeing.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

O you who believe! Follow not the footsteps of Shaitân (Satan). And whosoever follows the footsteps of Shaitân (Satan), then, verily he commands Al-Fahshâ’ [i.e. to commit indecency (illegal sexual intercourse)], and Al-Munkar [disbelief and polytheism (i.e. to do evil and wicked deeds; and to speak or to do what is forbidden in Islâm)]. And had it not been for the Grace of Allâh and His Mercy on you, not one of you would ever have been pure from sins. But Allâh purifies (guides to Islâm) whom He wills, and Allâh is All-Hearer, All-Knower.

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

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۞ يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāO you who believe
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaO you who believe
ءَامَنُوا۟āmanūO you who believe
لَاlā(Do) not
تَتَّبِعُوا۟tattabiʿūfollow
خُطُوَٰتِkhuṭuwāti(the) footsteps
ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنِۚl-shayṭāni(of) the Shaitaan
وَمَنwamanand whoever
يَتَّبِعْyattabiʿfollows
خُطُوَٰتِkhuṭuwāti(the) footsteps
ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنِl-shayṭāni(of) the Shaitaan
فَإِنَّهُۥfa-innahuthen indeed, he
يَأْمُرُyamurucommands
بِٱلْفَحْشَآءِbil-faḥshāithe immorality
وَٱلْمُنكَرِۚwal-munkariand the evil
وَلَوْلَاwalawlāAnd if not
فَضْلُfaḍlu(for the) Grace of Allah
ٱللَّهِl-lahi(for the) Grace of Allah
عَلَيْكُمْʿalaykumupon you
وَرَحْمَتُهُۥwaraḥmatuhuand His Mercy
مَاmānot
زَكَىٰzakā(would) have been pure
مِنكُمminkumamong you
مِّنْminanyone
أَحَدٍaḥadinanyone
أَبَدًۭاabadanever
وَلَـٰكِنَّwalākinnabut
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
يُزَكِّىyuzakkīpurifies
مَنmanwhom
يَشَآءُۗyashāuHe wills
وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Allah
سَمِيعٌsamīʿun(is) All-Hearer
عَلِيمٌۭʿalīmunAll-Knower