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Surah Taha, Verse 16

سورة طه، الآية ١٦

20:16 Juz 16 Hizb 32 Page 313 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 20:16

فَلَا يَصُدَّنَّكَ عَنْهَا مَن لَّا يُؤْمِنُ بِهَا وَٱتَّبَعَ هَوَىٰهُ فَتَرْدَىٰ ۝١٦

Transliteration

falā yaṣuddannaka ʿanhā man lā yu'minu bihā wa-ittabaʿa hawāhu fatardā

Translation

So do not let one avert you from it834 who does not believe in it and follows his desire, for you [then] would perish.

Notes

[834] From preparation for the Hour or for the Hereafter.

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Verse 16 of Surah Taha (20:16), a Meccan surah, is in juz 16, on page 313 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 73 reciters.

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Tafsir of verse 16

Al-Mukhtasar

Do not let those disbelievers who do not believe in it and who follow their unlawful desires distract you from believing in it and preparing for it by doing righteous action and so bring you to ruin on account of it.

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Other translations of verse 16

So do not let those who disbelieve in it and follow their desires distract you from it5, or you will perish.’”

Notes

[5] Or from preparation for the Hour.

"Therefore, let not the one who believes not therein (i.e. in the Day of Resurrection, Reckoning, Paradise and Hell.), but follows his own lusts,2 divert you therefrom, lest you perish.

Notes

[2] (V.20:16) See the footnote of (V.19:59)

Therefor, let not him turn thee aside from (the thought of) it who believeth not therein but followeth his own desire, lest thou perish.

"Therefore let not such as believe not therein but follow their own lusts, divert thee therefrom, lest thou perish!"..

Therefore let not him who believes not in it and follows his low desires turn you away from it so that you should perish;

So definitely do not let him who does not believe in it and closely follows his (own) prejudices bar you from it (and) then you will topple down.

Verse 16 word by word

  1. فَلَا falā So (do) not
  2. يَصُدَّنَّكَ yaṣuddannaka (let) avert you ص د د
  3. عَنْهَا ʿanhā from it
  4. مَن man (one) who
  5. لَّا lā (does) not
  6. يُؤْمِنُ yu'minu believe أ م ن
  7. بِهَا bihā in it
  8. وَٱتَّبَعَ wa-ittabaʿa and follows ت ب ع
  9. هَوَىٰهُ hawāhu his desires ه و ي
  10. فَتَرْدَىٰ fatardā lest you perish ر د ي

Verses related to verse 16

Cited by Ibn Kathir in his explanation of this verse

  • Al-Layl 92:11

    وَمَا يُغْنِى عَنْهُ مَالُهُۥٓ إِذَا تَرَدَّىٰٓ

    And what will his wealth avail him when he falls?

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