Surah An-Naml 27:43 — translation and meaning
النمل · Verse 43 / 93 · Page 380
ۖ وَصَدَّهَا مَا كَانَت تَّعْبُدُ مِن دُونِ اللَّهِ إِنَّهَا كَانَتْ مِن قَوْمٍ كَافِرِينَ
Word by Word
ۖ
وَصَدَّهَا
wasaddaha
And has averted her
مَا
ma
what
كَانَت
kanat
she used (to)
تَّعْبُدُ
ta'budu
worship
مِن
min
besides
دُونِ
duni
besides
اللَّهِ
al-lahi
Allah
إِنَّهَا
innaha
Indeed, she
كَانَتْ
kanat
was
مِن
min
from
قَوْمٍ
qawmin
a people
كَافِرِينَ
kafirina
who disbelieve
Transliteration
Wa saddahaa maa kaanat ta'budu min doonil laahi innahaa kaanat min qawmin kaafireen
Translation
And that which she was worshipping other than Allah had averted her [from submission to Him]. Indeed, she was from a disbelieving people."
Verse interpretation (Tafsir)
And she was turned away from the Oneness of Allah by what she used to worship besides Allah, in following her people and blindly imitating them. She was amongst the people who disbelieve in Allah, so she was a disbeliever like them.
Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.
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