Surah Al-Hajj 22:31 — translation and meaning

الحج · Verse 31 / 78 · Page 336

ۚ حُنَفَاءَ لِلَّهِ غَيْرَ مُشْرِكِينَ بِهِ وَمَن يُشْرِكْ بِاللَّهِ فَكَأَنَّمَا خَرَّ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ فَتَخْطَفُهُ الطَّيْرُ أَوْ تَهْوِي بِهِ الرِّيحُ فِي مَكَانٍ سَحِيقٍ

Word by Word

ۚ
حُنَفَاءَ
hunafaa
Being upright
لِلَّهِ
lillahi
to Allah
غَيْرَ
ghayra
not
مُشْرِكِينَ
mush'rikina
associating partners
بِهِ
bihi
with Him
وَمَن
waman
And whoever
يُشْرِكْ
yush'rik
associates partners
بِاللَّهِ
bil-lahi
with Allah
فَكَأَنَّمَا
faka-annama
then (it is) as though
خَرَّ
kharra
he had fallen
مِنَ
mina
from
السَّمَاءِ
al-samai
the sky
فَتَخْطَفُهُ
fatakhtafuhu
and (had) snatched him
الطَّيْرُ
al-tayru
the birds
أَوْ
aw
or
تَهْوِي
tahwi
had blown
بِهِ
bihi
him
الرِّيحُ
al-rihu
the wind
فِي
fi
to
مَكَانٍ
makanin
a place
سَحِيقٍ
sahiqin
far off

Transliteration

Hunafaaa'a lillaahi ghaira mushrikeena bih; wa mai yushrik billaahi faka annamaa kharra minas samaaa'i fatakh tafuhut tairu aw tahwee bihir reehu bee makaanin saheeq

Translation

Inclining [only] to Allah, not associating [anything] with Him. And he who associates with Allah - it is as though he had fallen from the sky and was snatched by the birds or the wind carried him down into a remote place.

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

Refrain from this, turning away from every religion besides the religion He is pleased with, without associating any partner with Him in worship. Whoever associates a partner with Allah, it is as though He has fallen from the sky, then either the birds snatch his meat and bones or the wind flings him to a distant place.

Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.

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