Surah Yusuf · Ayah 40

Meaning of Surah Yusuf, Ayah 40

Ma taAAbudoona min doonihi illaasmaan sammaytumooha antum waabaokumma anzala Allahu biha min sultaninini alhukmu illa lillahi amara allataAAbudoo illa iyyahu thalika addeenualqayyimu walakinna akthara annasi layaAAlamoon

Word by word

1. مَاmāNot
2. تَعْبُدُونَtaʿbudūnayou worship
3. مِنminbesides Him
4. دُونِهِۦٓdūnihibesides Him
5. إِلَّآillābut
6. أَسْمَآءًۭasmāannames
7. سَمَّيْتُمُوهَآsammaytumūhāwhich you have named them
8. أَنتُمْantumyou
9. وَءَابَآؤُكُمwaābāukumand your forefathers
10. مَّآmānot
11. أَنزَلَanzala(has) sent down
12. ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
13. بِهَاbihāfor it
14. مِنminany
15. سُلْطَـٰنٍ ۚsul'ṭāninauthority
16. إِنِiniNot
17. ٱلْحُكْمُl-ḥuk'mu(is) the command
18. إِلَّاillābut
19. لِلَّهِ ۚlillahifor Allah
20. أَمَرَamaraHe has commanded
21. أَلَّاallāthat not
22. تَعْبُدُوٓا۟taʿbudūyou worship
23. إِلَّآillābut
24. إِيَّاهُ ۚiyyāhuHim Alone
25. ذَٰلِكَdhālikaThat
26. ٱلدِّينُl-dīnu(is) the religion
27. ٱلْقَيِّمُl-qayimuthe right
28. وَلَـٰكِنَّwalākinnabut
29. أَكْثَرَaktharamost
30. ٱلنَّاسِl-nāsi[the] men
31. لَاlā(do) not
32. يَعْلَمُونَyaʿlamūnaknow