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Surah Ash-Shu’ara, Verse 213

سورة الشعراء، الآية ٢١٣

26:213 Juz 19 Hizb 38 Page 376 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 26:213

فَلَا تَدْعُ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَٰهًا ءَاخَرَ فَتَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلْمُعَذَّبِينَ ۝٢١٣

Transliteration

falā tadʿu maʿa l-lahi ilāhan ākhara fatakūna mina l-muʿadhabīna

Translation

So do not invoke1064 with Allāh another deity and [thus] be among the punished.

Notes

[1064] Or "worship."

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Verse 213 of Surah Ash-Shu’ara (26:213), a Meccan surah, is in juz 19, on page 376 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 74 reciters.

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Tafsir of verse 213

Al-Mukhtasar

So do not worship any deity with Allah and ascribe it to Him. Otherwise, you will be one of those who shall be punished.

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Other translations of verse 213

So do not call upon any other god besides Allah, lest you become of those who will be punished.

So invoke not with Allâh another ilâh (god) lest you should be among those who receive punishment.

Therefor invoke not with Allah another god, lest thou be one of the doomed.

So call not on any other god with Allah, or thou wilt be among those under the Penalty.

So call not upon another god with Allah, lest you be of those who are punished.

So do not invoke another god with Allah, then you should be of the tormented.

Verse 213 word by word

  1. فَلَا falā So (do) not
  2. تَدْعُ tadʿu invoke د ع و
  3. مَعَ maʿa with
  4. ٱللَّهِ l-lahi Allah
  5. إِلَٰهًا ilāhan god أ ل ه
  6. ءَاخَرَ ākhara another أ خ ر
  7. فَتَكُونَ fatakūna lest you be ك و ن
  8. مِنَ mina of
  9. ٱلْمُعَذَّبِينَ l-muʿadhabīna those punished ع ذ ب

Verses related to verse 213

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  • Al-Qasas 28:88

    وَلَا تَدْعُ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَٰهًا ءَاخَرَ لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ كُلُّ شَىْءٍ هَالِكٌ إِلَّا وَجْهَهُۥ لَهُ ٱلْحُكْمُ وَإِلَيْهِ تُرْجَعُونَ

    And do not invoke with Allāh another deity. There is no deity except Him. Everything will be destroyed except His Face. His is the judgement, and to Him you will be returned.

  • Al-Hijr 15:96

    ٱلَّذِينَ يَجْعَلُونَ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَٰهًا ءَاخَرَ فَسَوْفَ يَعْلَمُونَ

    Who make [equal] with Allāh another deity. But they are going to know.

  • Al-Isra 17:22

    لَّا تَجْعَلْ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَٰهًا ءَاخَرَ فَتَقْعُدَ مَذْمُومًا مَّخْذُولًا

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

  • Al-Isra 17:39

    ذَٰلِكَ مِمَّآ أَوْحَىٰٓ إِلَيْكَ رَبُّكَ مِنَ ٱلْحِكْمَةِ وَلَا تَجْعَلْ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَٰهًا ءَاخَرَ فَتُلْقَىٰ فِى جَهَنَّمَ مَلُومًا مَّدْحُورًا

    That is from what your Lord has revealed to you, [O Muḥammad], of wisdom. And, [O mankind], do not make [as equal] with Allāh another deity, lest you be thrown into Hell, blamed and banished.

  • Al-Mu’minun 23:117

    وَمَن يَدْعُ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَٰهًا ءَاخَرَ لَا بُرْهَٰنَ لَهُۥ بِهِۦ فَإِنَّمَا حِسَابُهُۥ عِندَ رَبِّهِۦٓ إِنَّهُۥ لَا يُفْلِحُ ٱلْكَٰفِرُونَ

    And whoever invokes besides Allāh another deity for which he has no proof - then his account is only with his Lord. Indeed, the disbelievers will not succeed.

  • Al-Furqan 25:68

    وَٱلَّذِينَ لَا يَدْعُونَ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَٰهًا ءَاخَرَ وَلَا يَقْتُلُونَ ٱلنَّفْسَ ٱلَّتِى حَرَّمَ ٱللَّهُ إِلَّا بِٱلْحَقِّ وَلَا يَزْنُونَ وَمَن يَفْعَلْ ذَٰلِكَ يَلْقَ أَثَامًا

    And those who do not invoke with Allāh another deity or kill the soul which Allāh has forbidden [to be killed], except by right, and do not commit unlawful sexual intercourse. And whoever should do that will meet a penalty.

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