Surah An-Naml (النمل) • The Ant

Quran 27:55

27:55

أَئِنَّكُمْ لَتَأْتُونَ ٱلرِّجَالَ شَهْوَةً مِّن دُونِ ٱلنِّسَآءِ ۚ بَلْ أَنتُمْ قَوْمٌ تَجْهَلُونَ

a-innakum latatūna l-rijāla shahwatan min dūni l-nisāi bal antum qawmun tajhalūna

Do you indeed approach men with desire instead of women? Rather, you are a people behaving ignorantly."

— Saheeh International

How can you lust after men instead of women? What fools you are!’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

"Do you practise your lusts on men instead of women? Nay, but you are a people who behave senselessly."

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

Juz 19Page 381meccan

Word by Word

أَئِنَّكُمْa-innakumWhy do you
لَتَأْتُونَlatatūnaapproach
ٱلرِّجَالَl-rijālathe men
شَهْوَةًۭshahwatan(with) lust
مِّنmininstead of
دُونِdūniinstead of
ٱلنِّسَآءِۚl-nisāithe women
بَلْbalNay
أَنتُمْantumyou
قَوْمٌۭqawmun(are) a people
تَجْهَلُونَtajhalūnaignorant