Surah Ibrahim 14:36 — translation and meaning

إبراهيم · Verse 36 / 52 · Page 260

ۖ ۖ رَبِّ إِنَّهُنَّ أَضْلَلْنَ كَثِيرًا مِّنَ النَّاسِ فَمَن تَبِعَنِي فَإِنَّهُ مِنِّي وَمَنْ عَصَانِي فَإِنَّكَ غَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ

Word by Word

ۖ
ۖ
رَبِّ
rabbi
My Lord!
إِنَّهُنَّ
innahunna
Indeed they
أَضْلَلْنَ
adlalna
have led astray
كَثِيرًا
kathiran
many
مِّنَ
mina
among
النَّاسِ
al-nasi
the mankind
فَمَن
faman
So whoever
تَبِعَنِي
tabi'ani
follows me
فَإِنَّهُ
fa-innahu
then indeed he
مِنِّي
minni
(is) of me
وَمَنْ
waman
and whoever
عَصَانِي
asani
disobeys me
فَإِنَّكَ
fa-innaka
then indeed You
غَفُورٌ
ghafurun
(are) Oft-Forgiving
رَّحِيمٌ
rahimun
Most Merciful

Transliteration

Rabbi innahunna adlalna kaseeram minan naasi faman tabi'anee fa innahoo minnee wa man 'asaanee fa innaka Ghafoorur Raheem

Translation

My Lord, indeed they have led astray many among the people. So whoever follows me - then he is of me; and whoever disobeys me - indeed, You are [yet] Forgiving and Merciful.

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

“O Lord! The idols have misguided many people when they believed that the idols would intercede for them. They were allured to the idols, and they worshipped them instead of Allah. Whoever follows me in claiming Allah as One and obeying Him, then he is among my party and followers. Whoever disobeys me and does not follow me in claiming Allah as One and obeying Him, then You, O Lord, are Forgiving of the sins of whomever You wish and You are Merciful towards them”.

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

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