Surah Al-An'am (الأنعام) • The Cattle

Quran 6:71

6:71

قُلْ أَنَدْعُوا۟ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ مَا لَا يَنفَعُنَا وَلَا يَضُرُّنَا وَنُرَدُّ عَلَىٰٓ أَعْقَابِنَا بَعْدَ إِذْ هَدَىٰنَا ٱللَّهُ كَٱلَّذِى ٱسْتَهْوَتْهُ ٱلشَّيَـٰطِينُ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ حَيْرَانَ لَهُۥٓ أَصْحَـٰبٌ يَدْعُونَهُۥٓ إِلَى ٱلْهُدَى ٱئْتِنَا ۗ قُلْ إِنَّ هُدَى ٱللَّهِ هُوَ ٱلْهُدَىٰ ۖ وَأُمِرْنَا لِنُسْلِمَ لِرَبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ

qul anadʿū min dūni l-lahi mā lā yanfaʿunā walā yaḍurrunā wanuraddu ʿalā aʿqābinā baʿda idh hadānā l-lahu ka-alladhī is'tahwathu l-shayāṭīnu fī l-arḍi ḥayrāna lahu aṣḥābun yadʿūnahu ilā l-hudā i'tinā qul inna hudā l-lahi huwa l-hudā wa-umir'nā linus'lima lirabbi l-ʿālamīna

Say, "Shall we invoke instead of Allāh that which neither benefits us nor harms us and be turned back on our heels after Allāh has guided us? [We would then be] like one whom the devils enticed [to wander] upon the earth confused, [while] he has companions inviting him to guidance, [calling], 'Come to us.'" Say, "Indeed, the guidance of Allāh is the [only] guidance; and we have been commanded to submit to the Lord of the worlds.

— Saheeh International

Say, ‘Instead of God, are we to call on what neither profits nor harms us? [Are we to] turn on our heels after God has guided us, like someone bewildered, having been tempted by devils into a desert ravine, though his companions call him to guidance [saying], “Come to us”?’ Say, ‘God’s guidance is the true guidance. We are commanded to devote ourselves to the Lord of the Worlds,

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Say (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم): "Shall we invoke others besides Allâh (false deities), that can do us neither good nor harm, and shall we turn back on our heels after Allâh has guided us (to true Monotheism)? - like one whom the Shayâtîn (devils) have made to go astray in the land in confusion, his companions calling him to guidance (saying): ‘Come to us.’ " Say: "Verily, Allâh’s Guidance is the only guidance, and we have been commanded to submit (ourselves) to the Lord of the ‘Âlamîn (mankind, jinn and all that exists);

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

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Word by Word

قُلْqulSay
أَنَدْعُوا۟anadʿūShall we call
مِنminfrom
دُونِdūnibesides
ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
مَاmāwhat
لَاlānot
يَنفَعُنَاyanfaʿunābenefits us
وَلَاwalāand not
يَضُرُّنَاyaḍurrunāharms us
وَنُرَدُّwanuradduand we turn back
عَلَىٰٓʿalāon
أَعْقَابِنَاaʿqābināour heels
بَعْدَbaʿdaafter
إِذْidh[when]
هَدَىٰنَاhadānā(has) guided us
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
كَٱلَّذِىka-alladhīLike the one
ٱسْتَهْوَتْهُis'tahwathuwhom (has been) enticed
ٱلشَّيَـٰطِينُl-shayāṭīnu(by) the Shaitaan
فِىfīin
ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth
حَيْرَانَḥayrānaconfused
لَهُۥٓlahuhe has
أَصْحَـٰبٌۭaṣḥābuncompanions
يَدْعُونَهُۥٓyadʿūnahuwho call him
إِلَىilātowards
ٱلْهُدَىl-hudāthe guidance
ٱئْتِنَاۗi'tinā'Come to us.'
قُلْqulSay
إِنَّinnaIndeed
هُدَىhudā(the) Guidance
ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
هُوَhuwait
ٱلْهُدَىٰۖl-hudā(is) the Guidance
وَأُمِرْنَاwa-umir'nāand we have been commanded
لِنُسْلِمَlinus'limathat we submit
لِرَبِّlirabbito (the) Lord
ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَl-ʿālamīna(of) the worlds