Surah Al-Jathiyah (الجاثية) • The Crouching

Quran 45:18

45:18

ثُمَّ جَعَلْنَـٰكَ عَلَىٰ شَرِيعَةٍ مِّنَ ٱلْأَمْرِ فَٱتَّبِعْهَا وَلَا تَتَّبِعْ أَهْوَآءَ ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ

thumma jaʿalnāka ʿalā sharīʿatin mina l-amri fa-ittabiʿ'hā walā tattabiʿ ahwāa alladhīna lā yaʿlamūna

Then We put you, [O Muḥammad], on an ordained way concerning the matter [of religion]; so follow it and do not follow the inclinations of those who do not know.

— Saheeh International

Now We have set you [Muhammad] on a clear religious path, so follow it. Do not follow the desires of those who lack [true] knowledge-

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Then We have put you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه و سلم) on a (plain) way of (Our) commandment [like the one which We commanded Our Messengers before you (i.e. legal ways and laws of the Islâmic Monotheism)]. So follow you that (Islâmic Monotheism and its laws), and follow not the desires of those who know not. (Tafsir At-Tabarî).

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

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Word by Word

ثُمَّthummaThen
جَعَلْنَـٰكَjaʿalnākaWe put you
عَلَىٰʿalāon
شَرِيعَةٍۢsharīʿatinan ordained way
مِّنَminaof
ٱلْأَمْرِl-amrithe matter
فَٱتَّبِعْهَاfa-ittabiʿ'hāso follow it
وَلَاwalāand (do) not
تَتَّبِعْtattabiʿfollow
أَهْوَآءَahwāa(the) desires
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna(of) those who
لَاlā(do) not
يَعْلَمُونَyaʿlamūnaknow