Surah Al-'Ankabut (العنكبوت) • The Spider

Quran 29:16

29:16

وَإِبْرَٰهِيمَ إِذْ قَالَ لِقَوْمِهِ ٱعْبُدُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَٱتَّقُوهُ ۖ ذَٰلِكُمْ خَيْرٌ لَّكُمْ إِن كُنتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ

wa-ib'rāhīma idh qāla liqawmihi uʿ'budū l-laha wa-ittaqūhu dhālikum khayrun lakum in kuntum taʿlamūna

And [We sent] Abraham, when he said to his people, "Worship Allāh and fear Him. That is best for you, if you should know.

— Saheeh International

We also sent Abraham. He said to his people, ‘Serve God and be mindful of Him: that is better for you, if only you knew.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And (remember) Ibrâhîm (Abraham) when he said to his people: "Worship Allâh (Alone), and fear Him: that is better for you if you did but know.

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

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وَإِبْرَٰهِيمَwa-ib'rāhīmaAnd Ibrahim
إِذْidhwhen
قَالَqālahe said
لِقَوْمِهِliqawmihito his people
ٱعْبُدُوا۟uʿ'budūWorship
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
وَٱتَّقُوهُۖwa-ittaqūhuand fear Him
ذَٰلِكُمْdhālikumThat
خَيْرٌۭkhayrun(is) better
لَّكُمْlakumfor you
إِنinif
كُنتُمْkuntumyou
تَعْلَمُونَtaʿlamūnaknow