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Surah Ya-Sin, Verse 60

سورة يس، الآية ٦٠

36:60 Juz 23 Hizb 45 Page 444 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 36:60

أَلَمْ أَعْهَدْ إِلَيْكُمْ يَٰبَنِىٓ ءَادَمَ أَن لَّا تَعْبُدُوا۟ ٱلشَّيْطَٰنَ إِنَّهُۥ لَكُمْ عَدُوٌّ مُّبِينٌ ۝٦٠

Transliteration

alam aʿhad ilaykum yābanī ādama an lā taʿbudū l-shayṭāna innahu lakum ʿaduwwun mubīnun

Translation

Did I not enjoin upon you, O children of Adam, that you not worship Satan - [for] indeed, he is to you a clear enemy -

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Verse 60 of Surah Ya-Sin (36:60), a Meccan surah, is in juz 23, on page 444 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 71 reciters.

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Tafsir of verse 60

Al-Mukhtasar

Did I not advise and instruct you on the tongues of My messengers and say to you: O children of Adam! Do not follow Satan by committing various types of disbelief and sins. Satan is a clear enemy to you. How can any sensible person follow an enemy of his who has made his enmity clear!

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Other translations of verse 60

Did I not command you, O children of Adam, not to worship Satan, for he is your sworn enemy,

Did I not command you, O Children of Adam, that you should not worship Shaitân (Satan). Verily, he is a plain enemy to you.

Did I not charge you, O ye sons of Adam, that ye worship not the devil - Lo! he is your open foe! -

"Did I not enjoin on you, O ye Children of Adam, that ye should not worship Satan; for that he was to you an enemy avowed?-

Did I not charge you, O children of Adam! that you should not serve the Shaitan? Surely he is your open enemy,

Did I not covenant you, O you Seeds (Or: sons) of Adam, that you should not worship Ash-Shaytan __ surely he is an evident enemy to you __

Verse 60 word by word

  1. أَلَمْ alam Did not
  2. أَعْهَدْ aʿhad I enjoin ع ه د
  3. إِلَيْكُمْ ilaykum upon you
  4. يَٰبَنِىٓ yābanī O Children of Adam ب ن ي
  5. ءَادَمَ ādama O Children of Adam أ د م
  6. أَن an That
  7. لَّا lā (do) not
  8. تَعْبُدُوا۟ taʿbudū worship ع ب د
  9. ٱلشَّيْطَٰنَ l-shayṭāna the Shaitaan ش ط ن
  10. إِنَّهُۥ innahu indeed, he
  11. لَكُمْ lakum (is) for you
  12. عَدُوٌّ ʿaduwwun an enemy ع د و
  13. مُّبِينٌ mubīnun clear ب ي ن

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  • Az-Zukhruf 43:62

    وَلَا يَصُدَّنَّكُمُ ٱلشَّيْطَٰنُ إِنَّهُۥ لَكُمْ عَدُوٌّ مُّبِينٌ

    And never let Satan avert you. Indeed, he is to you a clear enemy.

  • Al-Baqarah 2:168

    يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّاسُ كُلُوا۟ مِمَّا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ حَلَٰلًا طَيِّبًا وَلَا تَتَّبِعُوا۟ خُطُوَٰتِ ٱلشَّيْطَٰنِ إِنَّهُۥ لَكُمْ عَدُوٌّ مُّبِينٌ

    O mankind, eat from whatever is on earth [that is] lawful and good and do not follow the footsteps of Satan. Indeed, he is to you a clear enemy.

  • Al-Baqarah 2:208

    يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ ٱدْخُلُوا۟ فِى ٱلسِّلْمِ كَآفَّةً وَلَا تَتَّبِعُوا۟ خُطُوَٰتِ ٱلشَّيْطَٰنِ إِنَّهُۥ لَكُمْ عَدُوٌّ مُّبِينٌ

    O you who have believed, enter into Islām completely [and perfectly] and do not follow the footsteps of Satan. Indeed, he is to you a clear enemy.

  • Al-An’am 6:142

    وَمِنَ ٱلْأَنْعَٰمِ حَمُولَةً وَفَرْشًا كُلُوا۟ مِمَّا رَزَقَكُمُ ٱللَّهُ وَلَا تَتَّبِعُوا۟ خُطُوَٰتِ ٱلشَّيْطَٰنِ إِنَّهُۥ لَكُمْ عَدُوٌّ مُّبِينٌ

    And of the grazing livestock are carriers [of burdens] and those [too] small. Eat of what Allāh has provided for you and do not follow the footsteps of Satan. Indeed, he is to you a clear enemy.

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