قُلۡ
إِنِّي
نُهِيتُ
أَنۡ
أَعۡبُدَ
ٱلَّذِينَ
تَدۡعُونَ
مِن
دُونِ
ٱللَّهِۚ
قُل
لَّآ
أَتَّبِعُ
أَهۡوَآءَكُمۡ
قَدۡ
ضَلَلۡتُ
إِذٗا
وَمَآ
أَنَا۠
مِنَ
ٱلۡمُهۡتَدِينَ
٥٦
Say, ˹O Prophet,˺ “I have been forbidden to worship those you invoke besides Allah.” Say, “I will not follow your desires, for I then would certainly be astray and not one of those ˹rightly˺ guided.”
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran
Say, "Indeed, I have been forbidden to worship those you invoke besides Allāh." Say, "I will not follow your desires, for I would then have gone astray, and I would not be of the [rightly] guided."
— Saheeh International
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Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
The Prophet Understands What He Conveys; Torment is in Allah's Hands Not the Prophet's
Allah says, just as We mentioned the clear signs that testify and direct to the path of guidance, all the while chastising useless arguments and defiance,
كَذلِكَ نُفَصِّلُ الآيَتِ
(And thus do We explain the Ayat in
…The Prophet Understands What He Conveys; Torment is in Allah's Hands Not the Prophet's
Allah says, just as We mentioned the clear signs that testify an
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