Surah Al-Qasas 28:50 — translation and meaning

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ۚ ۚ فَإِن لَّمْ يَسْتَجِيبُوا لَكَ فَاعْلَمْ أَنَّمَا يَتَّبِعُونَ أَهْوَاءَهُمْ وَمَنْ أَضَلُّ مِمَّنِ اتَّبَعَ هَوَاهُ بِغَيْرِ هُدًى مِّنَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يَهْدِي الْقَوْمَ الظَّالِمِينَ

Word by Word

ۚ
ۚ
فَإِن
fa-in
But if
لَّمْ
lam
not
يَسْتَجِيبُوا
yastajibu
they respond
لَكَ
laka
to you
فَاعْلَمْ
fa-i'lam
then know
أَنَّمَا
annama
that only
يَتَّبِعُونَ
yattabi'una
they follow
أَهْوَاءَهُمْ
ahwaahum
their desires
وَمَنْ
waman
And who
أَضَلُّ
adallu
(is) more astray
مِمَّنِ
mimmani
than (one) who
اتَّبَعَ
ittaba'a
follows
هَوَاهُ
hawahu
his own desire
بِغَيْرِ
bighayri
without
هُدًى
hudan
guidance
مِّنَ
mina
from
اللَّهِ
al-lahi
Allah
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
اللَّهَ
al-laha
Allah
لَا
la
(does) not
يَهْدِي
yahdi
guide
الْقَوْمَ
al-qawma
the people
الظَّالِمِينَ
al-zalimina
the wrongdoers

Transliteration

Fa il lam yastajeeboo laka fa'lam annamaa yattabi'oona ahwaaa'ahum; w aman adallu mimmanit taba'a hawaahu bighari hudam minal laah; innal laaha laa yahdil qawmaz zaalimeen

Translation

But if they do not respond to you - then know that they only follow their [own] desires. And who is more astray than one who follows his desire without guidance from Allah? Indeed, Allah does not guide the wrongdoing people.

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

And if they do not take up your challenge to bring a book better guiding than the Torah and Qur’ān, know for certain that their rejection of the two is not based on any proof; it is only a result of following their own desires. There is no one more deviant than the one who follows his desires without guidance from Allah, may He be glorified. Allah does not grant a nation who wrongs itself through disbelief in Allah, opposing His Messengers and countering the truth that comes to them from Allah with falsehood, the ability to be guided.

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

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