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Surah Yusuf
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بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِیْمِ
In the name of Allah, most benevolent, ever-merciful.
In the Name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate
الٓرٰ- تِلْكَ اٰیٰتُ الْكِتٰبِ الْمُبِیْنِ۫(۱)
ALIF LAM RA. These are the verses of the immaculate Book.
Alif Lam Ra. Those are the signs of the Manifest Book.
اِنَّاۤ اَنْزَلْنٰهُ قُرْءٰنًا عَرَبِیًّا لَّعَلَّكُمْ تَعْقِلُوْنَ(۲)
We have sent it down as a clear discourse that you may understand.
We have sent it down as an Arabic Koran; haply you will understand.
نَحْنُ نَقُصُّ عَلَیْكَ اَحْسَنَ الْقَصَصِ بِمَاۤ اَوْحَیْنَاۤ اِلَیْكَ هٰذَا الْقُرْاٰنَ ﳓ وَ اِنْ كُنْتَ مِنْ قَبْلِهٖ لَمِنَ الْغٰفِلِیْنَ(۳)
Through the revelation of this Qur´an We narrate the best of histories of which you were unaware before.
We will relate to thee the fairest of stories in that We have revealed to thee this Koran, though before it thou wast one of the heedless.
اِذْ قَالَ یُوْسُفُ لِاَبِیْهِ یٰۤاَبَتِ اِنِّیْ رَاَیْتُ اَحَدَ عَشَرَ كَوْكَبًا وَّ الشَّمْسَ وَ الْقَمَرَ رَاَیْتُهُمْ لِیْ سٰجِدِیْنَ(۴)
When Joseph told his father: "O my father, I saw eleven stars and the sun and the moon bowing before me in homage,"
When Joseph said to his father, 'Father, I saw eleven stars, and the sun and the moon; I saw them bowing down before me.'
قَالَ یٰبُنَیَّ لَا تَقْصُصْ رُءْیَاكَ عَلٰۤى اِخْوَتِكَ فَیَكِیْدُوْا لَكَ كَیْدًاؕ-اِنَّ الشَّیْطٰنَ لِلْاِنْسَانِ عَدُوٌّ مُّبِیْنٌ(۵)
He said: "O son, do not narrate your dream to your brothers, or they will plot against you. Surely Satan is man´s acknowledged foe.
He said, 'O my son, relate not thy vision to thy brothers, lest they devise against thee some guile. Surely Satan is to man a manifest enemy.
وَ كَذٰلِكَ یَجْتَبِیْكَ رَبُّكَ وَ یُعَلِّمُكَ مِنْ تَاْوِیْلِ الْاَحَادِیْثِ وَ یُتِمُّ نِعْمَتَهٗ عَلَیْكَ وَ عَلٰۤى اٰلِ یَعْقُوْبَ كَمَاۤ اَتَمَّهَا عَلٰۤى اَبَوَیْكَ مِنْ قَبْلُ اِبْرٰهِیْمَ وَ اِسْحٰقَؕ-اِنَّ رَبَّكَ عَلِیْمٌ حَكِیْمٌ۠(۶)
Your Lord will choose you and teach you to interpret events, and confer His favours on you and the house of Jacob, as He had done in the case of two ancestors of yours, Abraham and Isaac, before you. Indeed your Lord is all-knowing and all-wise."
So will thy Lord choose thee, and teach thee the interpretation of tales, and perfect His blessing upon thee and upon the House of Jacob, as He perfected it formerly on thy fathers Abraham and Isaac; surely thy Lord is All-knowing, All-wise.'
لَقَدْ كَانَ فِیْ یُوْسُفَ وَ اِخْوَتِهٖۤ اٰیٰتٌ لِّلسَّآىٕلِیْنَ(۷)
In the story of Joseph and his brothers are lessons for those who inquire.
(In Joseph and his brethren were signs for those who ask questions.)
اِذْ قَالُوْا لَیُوْسُفُ وَ اَخُوْهُ اَحَبُّ اِلٰۤى اَبِیْنَا مِنَّا وَ نَحْنُ عُصْبَةٌؕ-اِنَّ اَبَانَا لَفِیْ ضَلٰلٍ مُّبِیْنِ ﹰ ۚ ۖ(۸)
"Surely Joseph and his brother are dearer to our father than we," (said his half brothers) "even though we are a well-knit band. Our father is surely in the wrong.
When they said, 'Surely Joseph and his brother are dearer to our father than we, though we are a band. Surely our father is in manifest error.
اقْتُلُوْا یُوْسُفَ اَوِ اطْرَحُوْهُ اَرْضًا یَّخْلُ لَكُمْ وَجْهُ اَبِیْكُمْ وَ تَكُوْنُوْا مِنْۢ بَعْدِهٖ قَوْمًا صٰلِحِیْنَ(۹)
Let us kill Joseph or cast him in some distant land so that we may get our father´s exclusive affection; then play innocent."
Kill you Joseph, or cast him forth into some land, that your father's face may be free for you, and thereafter you may be a righteous people.'
قَالَ قَآىٕلٌ مِّنْهُمْ لَا تَقْتُلُوْا یُوْسُفَ وَ اَلْقُوْهُ فِیْ غَیٰبَتِ الْجُبِّ یَلْتَقِطْهُ بَعْضُ السَّیَّارَةِ اِنْ كُنْتُمْ فٰعِلِیْنَ(۱۰)
One of them said: "If you must do so, then do not kill Joseph, but throw him into an unused well. Some passing caravan may rescue him."
One of them said, 'No, kill not Joseph, but cast him into the bottom of the pit and some traveller will pick him out, if you do aught.'
قَالُوْا یٰۤاَبَانَا مَا لَكَ لَا تَاْمَنَّا عَلٰى یُوْسُفَ وَ اِنَّا لَهٗ لَنٰصِحُوْنَ(۱۱)
(Then going to their father) they said: "O father, why don´t you trust us with Joseph? We are in fact his well-wishers.
They said, 'Father, what ails thee, that thou trustest us not with Joseph? Surely we are his sincere well-wishers.
اَرْسِلْهُ مَعَنَا غَدًا یَّرْتَعْ وَ یَلْعَبْ وَ اِنَّا لَهٗ لَحٰفِظُوْنَ(۱۲)
Let him go out with us tomorrow that he may enjoy and play. We shall take care of him."
Send him forth with us tomorrow, to frolic and play; surely we shall be watching over him.'
قَالَ اِنِّیْ لَیَحْزُنُنِیْۤ اَنْ تَذْهَبُوْا بِهٖ وَ اَخَافُ اَنْ یَّاْكُلَهُ الذِّئْبُ وَ اَنْتُمْ عَنْهُ غٰفِلُوْنَ(۱۳)
He said: "I am afraid of sending him with you lest a wolf should devour him when you are unmindful."
He said, 'It grieves me that you should go with him, and I fear the wolf may eat him, while you are heedless of him.'
قَالُوْا لَىٕنْ اَكَلَهُ الذِّئْبُ وَ نَحْنُ عُصْبَةٌ اِنَّاۤ اِذًا لَّخٰسِرُوْنَ(۱۴)
They replied: "If a wolf should devour him when we are there, a well-knit band, we shall certainly be treacherous."
They said, 'If the wolf eats him, and we a band, then are we losers!'
فَلَمَّا ذَهَبُوْا بِهٖ وَ اَجْمَعُوْۤا اَنْ یَّجْعَلُوْهُ فِیْ غَیٰبَتِ الْجُبِّۚ-وَ اَوْحَیْنَاۤ اِلَیْهِ لَتُنَبِّئَنَّهُمْ بِاَمْرِهِمْ هٰذَا وَ هُمْ لَا یَشْعُرُوْنَ(۱۵)
So, when they took him out they planned to throw him into an unused well. We revealed to Joseph: "You will tell them (one day) of this deed when they will not apprehend it."
So when they went with him, and agreed to put him in the bottom of the well, and We revealed to him, 'Thou shalt tell them of this their doing when they are unaware.'
وَ جَآءُوْۤ اَبَاهُمْ عِشَآءً یَّبْكُوْنَؕ(۱۶)
At nightfall they came to their father weeping,
And they came to their father in the evening, and they were weeping.
قَالُوْا یٰۤاَبَانَاۤ اِنَّا ذَهَبْنَا نَسْتَبِقُ وَ تَرَكْنَا یُوْسُفَ عِنْدَ مَتَاعِنَا فَاَكَلَهُ الذِّئْبُۚ-وَ مَاۤ اَنْتَ بِمُؤْمِنٍ لَّنَا وَ لَوْ كُنَّا صٰدِقِیْنَ(۱۷)
And said: "We went racing with one another and left Joseph to guard our things when a wolf devoured him. But you will not believe us even though we tell the truth."
They said, 'Father, we went running races, and left Joseph behind with our things; so the wolf ate him. But thou wouldst never believe us, though we spoke truly.'
وَ جَآءُوْ عَلٰى قَمِیْصِهٖ بِدَمٍ كَذِبٍؕ-قَالَ بَلْ سَوَّلَتْ لَكُمْ اَنْفُسُكُمْ اَمْرًاؕ-فَصَبْرٌ جَمِیْلٌؕ-وَ اللّٰهُ الْمُسْتَعَانُ عَلٰى مَا تَصِفُوْنَ(۱۸)
They showed him the shirt with false blood on it. (Their father) said: "It is not so; you have made up the story. Yet endurance is best. I seek the help of God alone for what you impute."
And they brought his shirt with false blood on it. He said, 'No; but your spirits tempted you to do somewhat. But come, sweet patience! And God's succour is ever there to seek against that you describe.'
وَ جَآءَتْ سَیَّارَةٌ فَاَرْسَلُوْا وَارِدَهُمْ فَاَدْلٰى دَلْوَهٗؕ-قَالَ یٰبُشْرٰى هٰذَا غُلٰمٌؕ-وَ اَسَرُّوْهُ بِضَاعَةًؕ-وَ اللّٰهُ عَلِیْمٌۢ بِمَا یَعْمَلُوْنَ(۱۹)
A caravan happened to pass, and sent the water-carrier to bring water from the well. He let down his bucket (and pulled Joseph up with it). "What luck," said the man; "here is a boy;" and they hid him as an item of merchandise; but what they did was known to God.
Then came travellers, and they sent one of them, a water-drawer, who let down his bucket. 'Good news!' he said. 'Here is a young man.' So they hid him as merchandise; but God knew what they were doing.
وَ شَرَوْهُ بِثَمَنٍۭ بَخْسٍ دَرَاهِمَ مَعْدُوْدَةٍۚ-وَ كَانُوْا فِیْهِ مِنَ الزَّاهِدِیْنَ۠(۲۰)
And they sold him as worthless for a few paltry dirham.
Then they sold him for a paltry price, a handful of counted dirhams; for they set small store by him.
وَ قَالَ الَّذِی اشْتَرٰىهُ مِنْ مِّصْرَ لِامْرَاَتِهٖۤ اَكْرِمِیْ مَثْوٰىهُ عَسٰۤى اَنْ یَّنْفَعَنَاۤ اَوْ نَتَّخِذَهٗ وَلَدًاؕ-وَ كَذٰلِكَ مَكَّنَّا لِیُوْسُفَ فِی الْاَرْضِ٘-وَ لِنُعَلِّمَهٗ مِنْ تَاْوِیْلِ الْاَحَادِیْثِؕ-وَ اللّٰهُ غَالِبٌ عَلٰۤى اَمْرِهٖ وَ لٰكِنَّ اَكْثَرَ النَّاسِ لَا یَعْلَمُوْنَ(۲۱)
The Egyptian who bought him instructed his wife: "House him honourably. He may be of use to us. We may even adopt him as a son." So, We firmly established Joseph in the land, and taught him the interpretation of dreams. God dominated in his affairs, though most men do not know.
He that bought him, being of Egypt, said to his wife, 'Give him goodly lodging, and it may be that he will profit us, or we may take him for our own son.' So We established Joseph in the land, and that We might teach him the interpretation of tales. God prevails in His purpose, but most men know not.
وَ لَمَّا بَلَغَ اَشُدَّهٗۤ اٰتَیْنٰهُ حُكْمًا وَّ عِلْمًاؕ-وَ كَذٰلِكَ نَجْزِی الْمُحْسِنِیْنَ(۲۲)
When he reached the prime of life We gave him wisdom and knowledge. Thus We reward those who are good.
And when he was fully grown, We gave him judgment and knowledge. Even so We recompense the good-doers.
وَ رَاوَدَتْهُ الَّتِیْ هُوَ فِیْ بَیْتِهَا عَنْ نَّفْسِهٖ وَ غَلَّقَتِ الْاَبْوَابَ وَ قَالَتْ هَیْتَ لَكَؕ-قَالَ مَعَاذَ اللّٰهِ اِنَّهٗ رَبِّیْۤ اَحْسَنَ مَثْوَایَؕ-اِنَّهٗ لَا یُفْلِحُ الظّٰلِمُوْنَ(۲۳)
But she in whose house he resided wished to seduce him and, closing the doors, said: "Come into me. "God forbid!" he said; "he is my master who has approved my stay. Surely those who act wrongly do not prosper."
Now the woman in whose house he was solicited him, and closed the doors on them. 'Come,' she said, 'take me!' 'God be my refuge,' he said. 'Surely my lord has given me a goodly lodging. Surely the evildoers do not prosper.
وَ لَقَدْ هَمَّتْ بِهٖۚ-وَ هَمَّ بِهَا لَوْ لَاۤ اَنْ رَّاٰ بُرْهَانَ رَبِّهٖؕ-كَذٰلِكَ لِنَصْرِفَ عَنْهُ السُّوْٓءَ وَ الْفَحْشَآءَؕ-اِنَّهٗ مِنْ عِبَادِنَا الْمُخْلَصِیْنَ(۲۴)
But the woman desired him, and he would have desired her but for the indication he received from his Lord. This was so that We may avert both evil and lechery from him, for he was one of Our chosen devotees.
For she desired him; and he would have taken her, but that he saw the proof of his Lord. So was it, that We might turn away from him evil and abomination; he was one of Our devoted servants.
وَ اسْتَبَقَا الْبَابَ وَ قَدَّتْ قَمِیْصَهٗ مِنْ دُبُرٍ وَّ اَلْفَیَا سَیِّدَهَا لَدَا الْبَابِؕ-قَالَتْ مَا جَزَآءُ مَنْ اَرَادَ بِاَهْلِكَ سُوْٓءًا اِلَّاۤ اَنْ یُّسْجَنَ اَوْ عَذَابٌ اَلِیْمٌ(۲۵)
Both of them raced to the door, and she (grabbed and) rent his shirt from behind. They met her lord outside the door. "There is no other penalty for a man," said she, "who wanted to outrage your wife but imprisonment or grievous punishment."
They raced to the door; and she tore his shirt from behind. They encountered her master by the door. She said, 'What is the recompense of him who purposes evil against thy folk, but that he should be imprisoned, or a painful chastisement?'
قَالَ هِیَ رَاوَدَتْنِیْ عَنْ نَّفْسِیْ وَ شَهِدَ شَاهِدٌ مِّنْ اَهْلِهَاۚ-اِنْ كَانَ قَمِیْصُهٗ قُدَّ مِنْ قُبُلٍ فَصَدَقَتْ وَ هُوَ مِنَ الْكٰذِبِیْنَ(۲۶)
(Joseph) said: "It was she who wanted to seduce me." And a witness from her family testified: "If the shirt is torn from the front then the woman is speaking the truth, and he is a liar.
Said he, 'It was she that solicited me'; and a witness of her folk bore witness, 'If his shirt has been torn from before then she has spoken truly, and he is one of the liars;
وَ اِنْ كَانَ قَمِیْصُهٗ قُدَّ مِنْ دُبُرٍ فَكَذَبَتْ وَ هُوَ مِنَ الصّٰدِقِیْنَ(۲۷)
But if the shirt is torn from behind then she is a liar, and he speaks the truth."
but if it be that his shirt has been torn from behind, then she has lied, and he is one of the truthful.'
فَلَمَّا رَاٰ قَمِیْصَهٗ قُدَّ مِنْ دُبُرٍ قَالَ اِنَّهٗ مِنْ كَیْدِكُنَّؕ-اِنَّ كَیْدَكُنَّ عَظِیْمٌ(۲۸)
When the husband saw the shirt torn at the back, he said: "Surely this is a woman´s ruse, and the wiles of women are great.
When he saw his shirt was torn from behind he said, 'This is of your women's guile; surely your guile is great.
یُوْسُفُ اَعْرِضْ عَنْ هٰذَاٚ-وَ اسْتَغْفِرِیْ لِذَنْۢبِكِ ۚۖ-اِنَّكِ كُنْتِ مِنَ الْخٰطِـٕیْنَ۠(۲۹)
Ignore this affair, O Joseph; and you, O woman, ask forgiveness for your sin, for you were surely errant."
Joseph, turn away from this; and thou, woman, ask forgiveness of thy crime; surely thou art one of the sinners.'
وَ قَالَ نِسْوَةٌ فِی الْمَدِیْنَةِ امْرَاَتُ الْعَزِیْزِ تُرَاوِدُ فَتٰىهَا عَنْ نَّفْسِهٖۚ-قَدْ شَغَفَهَا حُبًّاؕ-اِنَّا لَنَرٰىهَا فِیْ ضَلٰلٍ مُّبِیْنٍ(۳۰)
In the city the women gossiped: "The minister´s wife longs after her page. He has captured her heart. We think she is in clear error."
Certain women that were in the city said, 'The Governor's wife has been soliciting her page; he smote her heart with love; we see her in manifest error.
فَلَمَّا سَمِعَتْ بِمَكْرِهِنَّ اَرْسَلَتْ اِلَیْهِنَّ وَ اَعْتَدَتْ لَهُنَّ مُتَّكَاً وَّ اٰتَتْ كُلَّ وَاحِدَةٍ مِّنْهُنَّ سِكِّیْنًا وَّ قَالَتِ اخْرُ جْ عَلَیْهِنَّۚ-فَلَمَّا رَاَیْنَهٗۤ اَكْبَرْنَهٗ وَ قَطَّعْنَ اَیْدِیَهُنَّ وَ قُلْنَ حَاشَ لِلّٰهِ مَا هٰذَا بَشَرًاؕ-اِنْ هٰذَاۤ اِلَّا مَلَكٌ كَرِیْمٌ(۳۱)
When she heard their slanderings, she sent for them and prepared a banquet, and gave each of them a knife (for paring fruit), and called (to Joseph): "Come out before them." When they saw him, the women were so wonderstruck they cut their hands, and exclaimed: "O Lord preserve us! He is no mortal but an honourable angel."
When she heard their sly whispers, she sent to them, and made ready for them a repast, then she gave to each one of them a knife. 'Come forth, attend to them,' she said. And when they saw him, they so admired him that they cut their hands, saying, 'God save us! This is no mortal; he is no other but a noble angel.'
قَالَتْ فَذٰلِكُنَّ الَّذِیْ لُمْتُنَّنِیْ فِیْهِؕ-وَ لَقَدْ رَاوَدْتُّهٗ عَنْ نَّفْسِهٖ فَاسْتَعْصَمَؕ-وَ لَىٕنْ لَّمْ یَفْعَلْ مَاۤ اٰمُرُهٗ لَیُسْجَنَنَّ وَ لَیَكُوْنًا مِّنَ الصّٰغِرِیْنَ(۳۲)
She said: "This is the one you blamed me for. I did desire his person, but he preserved himself from sin. Yet in case he does not do my bidding he will be put into prison and disgraced."
'So now you see, she said. 'This is he you blamed me for. Yes, I solicited him, but he abstained. Yet if he will not do what I command him, he shall be imprisoned, and be one of the humbled.'
قَالَ رَبِّ السِّجْنُ اَحَبُّ اِلَیَّ مِمَّا یَدْعُوْنَنِیْۤ اِلَیْهِۚ-وَ اِلَّا تَصْرِفْ عَنِّیْ كَیْدَهُنَّ اَصْبُ اِلَیْهِنَّ وَ اَكُنْ مِّنَ الْجٰهِلِیْنَ(۳۳)
(Joseph) prayed: "O Lord, dearer is prison than what they invite me to. Unless You turn their guiles away from me I shall succumb to their charms and thus become a pagan."
He said, 'My Lord, prison is dearer to me than that they call me to; yet if Thou turnest not from me their guile, then I shall yearn towards them, and so become one of the ignorant.'
فَاسْتَجَابَ لَهٗ رَبُّهٗ فَصَرَفَ عَنْهُ كَیْدَهُنَّؕ-اِنَّهٗ هُوَ السَّمِیْعُ الْعَلِیْمُ(۳۴)
His Lord heard his prayer, and averted the women´s wiles from him. He verily hears and knows everything.
So his Lord answered him, and He turned away from him their guile; surely He is the All-hearing, the All-knowing.
ثُمَّ بَدَا لَهُمْ مِّنْۢ بَعْدِ مَا رَاَوُا الْاٰیٰتِ لَیَسْجُنُنَّهٗ حَتّٰى حِیْنٍ۠(۳۵)
And yet in spite of having seen these clear proofs they found it proper to incarcerate him for a time.
Then it seemed good to them, after they had seen the signs, that they should imprison him for a while.
وَ دَخَلَ مَعَهُ السِّجْنَ فَتَیٰنِؕ-قَالَ اَحَدُهُمَاۤ اِنِّیْۤ اَرٰىنِیْۤ اَعْصِرُ خَمْرًاۚ-وَ قَالَ الْاٰخَرُ اِنِّیْۤ اَرٰىنِیْۤ اَحْمِلُ فَوْقَ رَاْسِیْ خُبْزًا تَاْكُلُ الطَّیْرُ مِنْهُؕ-نَبِّئْنَا بِتَاْوِیْلِهٖۚ-اِنَّا نَرٰىكَ مِنَ الْمُحْسِنِیْنَ(۳۶)
Two other youths were imprisoned along with him. Said one of them: "I dreamt that I was pressing grapes;" and the other: "I dreamt that I was carrying bread on my head, and the birds were pecking at it. You tell us the meaning of this. You seem to be a righteous man."
And there entered the prison with him two youths. Said one of them, 'I dreamed that I was pressing grapes. Said the other, 'I dreamed that I was carrying on my head bread, that birds were eating of. Tell us its interpretation; we see that thou art of the good-doers.'
قَالَ لَا یَاْتِیْكُمَا طَعَامٌ تُرْزَقٰنِهٖۤ اِلَّا نَبَّاْتُكُمَا بِتَاْوِیْلِهٖ قَبْلَ اَنْ یَّاْتِیَكُمَاؕ-ذٰلِكُمَا مِمَّا عَلَّمَنِیْ رَبِّیْؕ-اِنِّیْ تَرَكْتُ مِلَّةَ قَوْمٍ لَّا یُؤْمِنُوْنَ بِاللّٰهِ وَ هُمْ بِالْاٰخِرَةِ هُمْ كٰفِرُوْنَ(۳۷)
(Joseph) answered: "I will give you its interpretation before the food you are served arrives. This knowledge is one of the things my Lord has taught me. I have given up the religion of those who do not believe in God and deny the life to come.
He said, 'No food shall come to you for your sustenance, but ere it comes to you I shall tell you its interpretation. That I shall tell you is of what God has taught me. I have forsaken the creed of a people who believe not in God and who moreover are unbelievers in the world to come.
وَ اتَّبَعْتُ مِلَّةَ اٰبَآءِیْۤ اِبْرٰهِیْمَ وَ اِسْحٰقَ وَ یَعْقُوْبَؕ-مَا كَانَ لَنَاۤ اَنْ نُّشْرِكَ بِاللّٰهِ مِنْ شَیْءٍؕ-ذٰلِكَ مِنْ فَضْلِ اللّٰهِ عَلَیْنَا وَ عَلَى النَّاسِ وَ لٰكِنَّ اَكْثَرَ النَّاسِ لَا یَشْكُرُوْنَ(۳۸)
I follow the faith of my fathers, of Abraham and Isaac and Jacob. We cannot associate anyone with God. This is among God´s favours to us and to all mankind; but most men are not grateful.
And I have followed the creed of my fathers, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. Not ours is it to associate aught with God. That is of God's bounty to us, and to men; but most men are not thankful.
یٰصَاحِبَیِ السِّجْنِ ءَاَرْبَابٌ مُّتَفَرِّقُوْنَ خَیْرٌ اَمِ اللّٰهُ الْوَاحِدُ الْقَهَّارُؕ(۳۹)
(Tell me) O fellow-prisoners, are a number of gods better, or one God omnipotent?
Say, which is better, my fellow-prisoners -- many gods at variance, or God the One, the Omnipotent?
مَا تَعْبُدُوْنَ مِنْ دُوْنِهٖۤ اِلَّاۤ اَسْمَآءً سَمَّیْتُمُوْهَاۤ اَنْتُمْ وَ اٰبَآؤُكُمْ مَّاۤ اَنْزَلَ اللّٰهُ بِهَا مِنْ سُلْطٰنٍؕ-اِنِ الْحُكْمُ اِلَّا لِلّٰهِؕ-اَمَرَ اَلَّا تَعْبُدُوْۤا اِلَّاۤ اِیَّاهُؕ-ذٰلِكَ الدِّیْنُ الْقَیِّمُ وَ لٰكِنَّ اَكْثَرَ النَّاسِ لَا یَعْلَمُوْنَ(۴۰)
(What) you worship besides Him are nothing but names that you and your fathers have assigned, for which no sanction has been sent down by God. Authority belongs to God alone. He commands that you worship none but Him. This is the right way; but most men are ignorant.
That which you serve, apart from Him, is nothing but names yourselves have named, you and your fathers; God has sent down no authority touching them. Judgment belongs only to God; He has commanded that you shall not serve any but Him. That is the right religion; but most men know not.
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