Surah Al-Isra 17:22 — translation and meaning

الإسراء · Verse 22 / 111 · Page 284

لَّا تَجْعَلْ مَعَ اللَّهِ إِلَهًا آخَرَ فَتَقْعُدَ مَذْمُومًا مَّخْذُولًا

Word by Word

لَّا
la
(Do) not
تَجْعَلْ
taj'al
make
مَعَ
ma'a
with
اللَّهِ
al-lahi
Allah
إِلَهًا
ilahan
god
آخَرَ
akhara
another
فَتَقْعُدَ
fataq'uda
lest you will sit
مَذْمُومًا
madhmuman
disgraced
مَّخْذُولًا
makhdhulan
forsaken

Transliteration

Laa taj'al ma'al laahi ilaahan aakhara fataq'uda mazoomam makhzoolaa

Translation

Do not make [as equal] with Allah another deity and [thereby] become censured and forsaken.

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

O servant! Do not set up another deity that you worship together with Allah, or you will become condemned in the sight of Allah and His righteous servants, and forsaken by Him.

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

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