Sam Gerrans - The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

Say thou: “I am forbidden to serve that to which you call besides God, since there have come to me clear signs from my Lord; and I am commanded to submit to the Lord of All Creation.”

قُلْ اِنّ۪ي نُه۪يتُ اَنْ اَعْبُدَ الَّذ۪ينَ تَدْعُونَ مِنْ دُونِ اللّٰهِ لَمَّا جَٓاءَنِيَ الْبَيِّنَاتُ مِنْ رَبّ۪ي وَاُمِرْتُ اَنْ اُسْلِمَ لِرَبِّ الْعَالَم۪ينَ
Qul innee nuheetu an aAAbuda allatheenatadAAoona min dooni Allahi lamma jaaniyaalbayyinatu min rabbee waomirtu an oslima lirabbi alAAalameen
#wordmeaningroot
1qulSayقول
2innīIndeed, I
3nuhītu[I] have been forbiddenنهي
4anto
5aʿbudaworshipعبد
6alladhīnathose whom
7tadʿūnayou callدعو
8minbesides
9dūnibesidesدون
10l-lahiAllah
11lammāwhen
12jāaniyahave come to meجيا
13l-bayinātuthe clear proofsبين
14minfrom
15rabbīmy Lordربب
16wa-umir'tuand I am commandedامر
17anto
18us'limasubmitسلم
19lirabbito (the) Lordربب
20l-ʿālamīna(of) the worldsعلم
  • Aisha Bewley

    Say: ‘I was forbidden to worship those you call upon besides Allah when the Clear Signs came to me from my Lord and I was commanded to submit to the Lord of all the worlds. ’

  • Progressive Muslims

    Say: "I have been forbidden from serving those whom you are calling upon besides God, since the proofs have come to me from my Lord. And I have been commanded to surrender to the Lord of the worlds."

  • Shabbir Ahmed

    Say, "I am forbidden to obey whom you call upon instead of Allah, since all evidence of the Truth has come to me from my Lord and I am commanded to surrender to the Lord of the Worlds.

  • Sam Gerrans The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

    Say thou: “I am forbidden to serve that to which you call besides God, since there have come to me clear signs from my Lord; and I am commanded to submit to the Lord of All Creation.”

  • The Monotheist Group The Quran: A Monotheist Translation

    Say: "I have been prohibited from serving those whom you are calling upon besides God, since the proofs have come to me from my Lord. And I have been commanded to submit to the Lord of the worlds."

  • Edip-Layth Quran: A Reformist Translation

    Say, "I have been forbidden from serving those whom you are calling upon besides God, since the proofs have come to me from my Lord. I have been commanded to peacefully surrender to the Lord of the worlds."

  • Rashad Khalifa The Final Testament

    Say, "I have been enjoined from worshipping the idols you worship beside GOD, when the clear revelations came to me from my Lord. I was commanded to submit to the Lord of the universe."

  • Mohamed Ahmed - Samira

    Say: "I am forbidden to worship those you call apart from God, since clear signs have come to me from my Lord, and I am commanded to submit to the Lord of all the worlds. "

  • Sahih International (Umm Muhammad, Mary Kennedy, Amatullah Bantley)

    Say, , "Indeed, I have been forbidden to worship those you call upon besides Allah once the clear proofs have come to me from my Lord, and I have been commanded to submit to the Lord of the worlds. "

  • Muhammad Asad

    Say: "Since all evidence of the truth has come to me from my Sustainer, I am forbidden to worship those beings whom you invoke instead of God; and I am bidden to surrender myself to the Sustainer of all the worlds. "

  • Marmaduke Pickthall

    Say (O Muhammad): I am forbidden to worship those unto whom ye cry beside Allah since there have come unto me clear proofs from my Lord, and I am commanded to surrender to the Lord of the Worlds.

  • Abul A'la Maududi Tafhim commentary

    Say, (O Prophet): "I have been forbidden to worship those beside Allah whom you call upon. (How can I worship any beside Allah) when clear Signs have come to me from my Lord and I have been commanded to surrender to Allah, the Lord of the Universe?"

  • Abdel Khalek Himmat Al- Muntakhab

    Say to them, O Muhammad: "I have been forbidden to pay reverence to those whom you Invoke besides Him ever since I acquired the divine knowledge featured in the clear signs and the expounded revelations, and there I have been commanded to submit to Him, Creator of the universe,

  • Bijan Moeinian

    O’ Mohammad, tell the people: "I have been forbidden to worship anything but God. How can I do else after being exposed to His clear proofs? I am commanded to submit to the Lord of all creation."

  • Al-Hilali & Khan

    Say (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم): "I have been forbidden to worship those whom you worship besides Allâh, since there have come to me evidence from my Lord; and I am commanded to submit (in Islâm) to the Lord of the ‘Âlamîn (mankind, jinn and all that exists).

  • Abdullah Yusuf Ali

    Say: "I have been forbidden to invoke those whom ye invoke besides Allah,- seeing that the Clear Signs have come to me from my Lord; and I have been commanded to bow (in Islam) to the Lord of the Worlds."

  • Mustafa Khattab The Clear Quran

    Say, ˹O Prophet,˺ "I have been forbidden to worship those ˹idols˺ you worship besides Allah, since clear proofs have come to me from my Lord. And I have been commanded to ˹fully˺ submit to the Lord of all worlds."

  • Taqi Usmani

    Say, "I have been ordered not to worship those whom you invoke beside Allah when clear signs from my Lord have (already) come to me, and I have been ordered that I should submit to the Lord of the worlds."

  • Abdul Haleem

    Say , ‘Since clear evidence has come to me from my Lord I am forbidden to serve those you call upon besides God: I am commanded to submit to the Lord of the Worlds.’

  • Arthur John Arberry

    Say: 'I am forbidden to serve those you call on apart from God once the clear signs came to me from my Lord; and I am commanded to surrender to the Lord of All Being. '

  • E. Henry Palmer

    Say, 'Verily, I am forbidden to serve those whom ye call on beside God, since there have come to me manifest signs from my Lord, and I am bidden to be resigned unto the Lord of the worlds. '

  • Hamid S. Aziz

    Say, "I am forbidden to serve those whom you call upon besides Allah when clear arguments have come to me from my Lord, and I am commanded that I should Surrender (in Islam) to the Lord of the Worlds.

  • Mahmoud Ghali

    Say, "Surely I have been forbidden to worship the ones you invoke apart from Allah, as soon as the supreme evidence (s) came to me from my Lord; and I have been commanded to surrender to The Lord of the worlds. "

  • George Sale

    Say, verily I am forbidden to worship the deities which ye invoke, besides God, after that evident proofs have come unto me from my Lord; and I am commanded to resign myself unto the Lord of all creatures.

  • Syed Vickar Ahamed

    Say: "I have been forbidden to worship those whom you worship besides Allah— Since that the clear evidences have come to me from my Lord; And I have been ordered to bow (down in Islam) to the Lord of the Worlds (Rab-Al-'Ala'meen). "

  • Amatul Rahman Omar

    Say, `I have, of course, been forbidden to worship those whom you call upon apart from Allâh; (how can I,) since there have come to me clear proofs (of their worthlessness) from my Lord. And I have been justly commanded to submit myself solely to the will of the Lord of the worlds.'

  • Ali Quli Qarai

    Say, ‘I have been forbidden to worship those whom you invoke besides Allah, since there have come to me manifest proofs from my Lord, and I have been commanded to submit to the Lord of all the worlds.