Joseph — Verse 40

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Joseph 12:40

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Arabic English Morphology
مَا mā
Not Prep
تَعْبُدُونَ taʿbudūna
you worship V
مِن min
besides Him Prep
دُونِهِۦٓ dūnihi
besides Him Noun
إِلَّآ illā
but Prep
أَسْمَآءً asmāan
names Noun
سَمَّيْتُمُوهَآ sammaytumūhā
which you have named them V
أَنتُمْ antum
you Noun
وَءَابَآؤُكُم waābāukum
and your forefathers Noun
مَّآ mā
not Prep
أَنزَلَ anzala
(has) sent down V
ٱللَّهُ l-lahu
Allah Noun
بِهَا bihā
for it Noun
مِن min
any Prep
سُلْطَٰنٍ sul'ṭānin
authority Noun
إِنِ ini
Not Prep
ٱلْحُكْمُ l-ḥuk'mu
(is) the command Noun
إِلَّا illā
but Prep
لِلَّهِ lillahi
for Allah Noun
أَمَرَ amara
He has commanded V
أَلَّا allā
that not Prep
تَعْبُدُوٓا۟ taʿbudū
you worship V
إِلَّآ illā
but Prep
إِيَّاهُ iyyāhu
Him Alone Noun
ذَٰلِكَ dhālika
That Noun
ٱلدِّينُ l-dīnu
(is) the religion Noun
ٱلْقَيِّمُ l-qayimu
the right Noun
وَلَٰكِنَّ walākinna
but Prep
أَكْثَرَ akthara
most Noun
ٱلنَّاسِ l-nāsi
[the] men Noun
لَا lā
(do) not Prep
يَعْلَمُونَ yaʿlamūna
know V

All those you worship instead of Him are mere names you and your forefathers have invented, names for which God has sent down no sanction. Authority belongs to God alone, and He orders you to worship none but Him: this is the true faith, though most people do not realize it

— Abdel Haleem

Arabic Text

مَا تَعۡبُدُونَ مِن دُونِهِۦۤ إِلَّاۤ أَسۡمَاۤءࣰ سَمَّیۡتُمُوهَاۤ أَنتُمۡ وَءَابَاۤؤُكُم مَّاۤ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ بِهَا مِن سُلۡطَـٰنٍۚ إِنِ ٱلۡحُكۡمُ إِلَّا لِلَّهِ أَمَرَ أَلَّا تَعۡبُدُوۤا۟ إِلَّاۤ إِیَّاهُۚ ذَ ٰلِكَ ٱلدِّینُ ٱلۡقَیِّمُ وَلَـٰكِنَّ أَكۡثَرَ ٱلنَّاسِ لَا یَعۡلَمُونَ ۝٤٠

mā taʿbudūna min dūnihi illā asmāan sammaytumūhā antum waābāukum mā anzala l-lahu bihā min sul'ṭānin ini l-ḥuk'mu illā lillahi amara allā taʿbudū illā iyyāhu dhālika l-dīnu l-qayimu walākinna akthara l-nāsi lā yaʿlamūn

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