← Surah 16

16:51

۞ وَقَالَ ٱللَّهُ لَا تَتَّخِذُوٓا۟ إِلَـٰهَيْنِ ٱثْنَيْنِ ۖ إِنَّمَا هُوَ إِلَـٰهٌ وَٰحِدٌ ۖ فَإِيَّـٰىَ فَٱرْهَبُونِ

Word by word

وَقَالَ
And Allah has said
Verb
Root: قول
Grammar (i'rab)
وَPreposition — conjunction، prefix
قَالَVerb — perfect، 3rd masc. sing.
ٱللَّهُ
And Allah has said
Noun
Root: أله
Grammar (i'rab)
ٱللَّهُNoun — proper noun، nominative
لَا
(Do) not
Preposition
Grammar (i'rab)
لَاPreposition — prohibition
تَتَّخِذُوٓا۟
take
Verb
Root: أخذ
Grammar (i'rab)
تَتَّخِذُVerb — imperfect، 2nd masc. plur.
وٓا۟Noun — pronoun، suffix، 2nd masc. plur.
إِلَٰهَيْنِ
[two] gods
Noun
Root: أله
Grammar (i'rab)
إِلَٰهَيْنِNoun — masc. dual، accusative
ٱثْنَيْنِ
two
Noun
Root: ثني
Grammar (i'rab)
ٱثْنَيْنِNoun — masc. dual، accusative
إِنَّمَا
only
Preposition
Grammar (i'rab)
إِنَّPreposition — accusative
مَاPreposition — preventive
هُوَ
He
Noun
Grammar (i'rab)
هُوَNoun — pronoun، 3rd masc. sing.
إِلَٰهٌ
(is) God
Noun
Root: أله
Grammar (i'rab)
إِلَٰهٌNoun — masc. sing.، indefinite، nominative
وَٰحِدٌ
One
Noun
Root: وحد
Grammar (i'rab)
وَٰحِدٌNoun — masc. sing.، indefinite، nominative، adjective
فَإِيَّٰىَ
so Me Alone
Preposition
Grammar (i'rab)
فَPreposition — resumption، prefix
إِيَّٰىَNoun — pronoun، 1st sing.
فَٱرْهَبُونِ
you fear [Me]
Verb
Root: رهب
Grammar (i'rab)
فَPreposition — resumption، prefix
ٱرْهَبُVerb — imperative، 2nd masc. plur.
وNoun — pronoun، suffix، 2nd masc. plur.
نِNoun — pronoun، suffix، 1st sing.

Translation

EN

Allah has said: "Take not (for worship) two gods: for He is just One Allah: then fear Me (and Me alone)."

A. Yusuf Alipublic-domain

God said, ‘Do not take two gods’- for He is the One God––‘ I alone am the One that you should hold in awe.’

M.A.S. Abdel Haleemall-rights-reserved

Allah hath said: Choose not two gods. There is only One Allah. So of Me, Me only, be in awe.

M. Pickthallpublic-domain

And Allāh has said, "Do not take for yourselves two deities. He [i.e., Allāh] is but one God, so fear only Me."

Saheeh Internationalall-rights-reserved

TR

Allah, "İki tanrı edinmeyin, O ancak bir tek Tanrı'dır. Yalnız Ben'den korkun" dedi.

Diyanet İşleriall-rights-reserved

Allah, buyurmuştur ki: İki ilâh edinmeyin. O, ancak bir ilâhdır. Onun için yalnız benden korkun.

Elmalılı Hamdi Yazırpublic-domain

Allah şöyle demiştir: “İki ilah edinmeyin! O, yalnızca tek bir ilahtır. Yalnız benden (azabımdan) korkun!”

Mehmet Okuyanall-rights-reserved

AR

وقال الله لعباده: لا تعبدوا إلهين اثنين، إنما معبودكم إله واحد، فخافوني دون سواي.

Tafsir al-Muyassarfree-distribution

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