Surah An-Naml (النمل) • The Ant

Quran 27:43

27:43

وَصَدَّهَا مَا كَانَت تَّعْبُدُ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ ۖ إِنَّهَا كَانَتْ مِن قَوْمٍ كَـٰفِرِينَ

waṣaddahā mā kānat taʿbudu min dūni l-lahi innahā kānat min qawmin kāfirīna

And that which she was worshipping other than Allāh had averted her [from submission to Him]. Indeed, she was from a disbelieving people."

— Saheeh International

she was prevented by what she worshipped instead of God, for she came from a disbelieving people.’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And that which she used to worship besides Allâh has prevented her (from Islâm), for she was of a disbelieving people.

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

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Word by Word

وَصَدَّهَاwaṣaddahāAnd has averted her
مَاmāwhat
كَانَتkānatshe used (to)
تَّعْبُدُtaʿbuduworship
مِنminbesides
دُونِdūnibesides
ٱللَّهِۖl-lahiAllah
إِنَّهَاinnahāIndeed, she
كَانَتْkānatwas
مِنminfrom
قَوْمٍۢqawmina people
كَـٰفِرِينَkāfirīnawho disbelieve