Verse 72:18 in Context
Translator
Abdel Haleem
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وَأَنَّا مِنَّا ٱلۡمُسۡلِمُونَ وَمِنَّا ٱلۡقَـٰسِطُونَۖ فَمَنۡ أَسۡلَمَ فَأُو۟لَـٰۤىِٕكَ تَحَرَّوۡا۟ رَشَدࣰا ١٤
wa-annā minnā l-mus'limūna waminnā l-qāsiṭūna faman aslama fa-ulāika taḥarraw rashada
Some of us submit to Him and others go the wrong way: those who submit to God have found wise guidance
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وَأَمَّا ٱلۡقَـٰسِطُونَ فَكَانُوا۟ لِجَهَنَّمَ حَطَبࣰا ١٥
wa-ammā l-qāsiṭūna fakānū lijahannama ḥaṭaba
but those who go wrong will be fuel for Hellfire.” ’
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وَأَلَّوِ ٱسۡتَقَـٰمُوا۟ عَلَى ٱلطَّرِیقَةِ لَأَسۡقَیۡنَـٰهُم مَّاۤءً غَدَقࣰا ١٦
wa-allawi is'taqāmū ʿalā l-ṭarīqati la-asqaynāhum māan ghadaqa
If they had taken to the right way, We would have given them abundant water to drink
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لِّنَفۡتِنَهُمۡ فِیهِۚ وَمَن یُعۡرِضۡ عَن ذِكۡرِ رَبِّهِۦ یَسۡلُكۡهُ عَذَابࣰا صَعَدࣰا ١٧
linaftinahum fīhi waman yuʿ'riḍ ʿan dhik'ri rabbihi yasluk'hu ʿadhāban ṣaʿada
a test for them––but anyone who turns away from his Lord’s Revelation will be sent by Him to spiralling torment
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وَأَنَّ ٱلۡمَسَـٰجِدَ لِلَّهِ فَلَا تَدۡعُوا۟ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ أَحَدࣰا ١٨
wa-anna l-masājida lillahi falā tadʿū maʿa l-lahi aḥada
Places of worship are for God alone- so do not pray to anyone other than God
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وَأَنَّهُۥ لَمَّا قَامَ عَبۡدُ ٱللَّهِ یَدۡعُوهُ كَادُوا۟ یَكُونُونَ عَلَیۡهِ لِبَدࣰا ١٩
wa-annahu lammā qāma ʿabdu l-lahi yadʿūhu kādū yakūnūna ʿalayhi libada
yet when God’s Servant stood up to pray to Him, they pressed in on him
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قُلۡ إِنَّمَاۤ أَدۡعُوا۟ رَبِّی وَلَاۤ أُشۡرِكُ بِهِۦۤ أَحَدࣰا ٢٠
qul innamā adʿū rabbī walā ush'riku bihi aḥada
Say, ‘I pray to my Lord alone; I set up no partner with Him.’
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قُلۡ إِنِّی لَاۤ أَمۡلِكُ لَكُمۡ ضَرࣰّا وَلَا رَشَدࣰا ٢١
qul innī lā amliku lakum ḍarran walā rashada
Say, ‘I have no control over any harm or good that may befall you.’
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قُلۡ إِنِّی لَن یُجِیرَنِی مِنَ ٱللَّهِ أَحَدࣱ وَلَنۡ أَجِدَ مِن دُونِهِۦ مُلۡتَحَدًا ٢٢
qul innī lan yujīranī mina l-lahi aḥadun walan ajida min dūnihi mul'taḥada
Say, ‘No one can protect me from God: I have no refuge except in Him
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