سورة يس، الآية ٦١
وَأَنِ ٱعْبُدُونِى هَٰذَا صِرَٰطٌ مُّسْتَقِيمٌ ٦١
wa-ani uʿ'budūnī hādhā ṣirāṭun mus'taqīmun
And that you worship [only] Me? This is a straight path.
Verse 61 of Surah Ya-Sin (36:61), 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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I instructed you, O children of Adam, to worship Me alone and not to associate anything as partners to me. Worshipping Me alone and following Me is a straight path that leads to My pleasure and entry into Paradise. But you did not comply with my advice and instruction in that regard.
but to worship Me? This is a straight path.
And that you should worship Me [Alone - Islâmic Monotheism, and set up not rivals, associate-gods with Me]. That is the Straight Path.3
[3] (V.36:61) See the footnote of (V.2:22).
But that ye worship Me? That was the right path.
"And that ye should worship Me, (for that) this was the Straight Way?
And that you should serve Me; this is the right way.
And that you should worship Me? This is a straight Path.
They share a sequence of words with this verse: useful for telling them apart when memorising.
إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ رَبِّى وَرَبُّكُمْ فَٱعْبُدُوهُ هَٰذَا صِرَٰطٌ مُّسْتَقِيمٌ
Indeed, Allāh is my Lord and your Lord, so worship Him. That is the straight path.'"
وَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ رَبِّى وَرَبُّكُمْ فَٱعْبُدُوهُ هَٰذَا صِرَٰطٌ مُّسْتَقِيمٌ
[Jesus said], "And indeed, Allāh is my Lord and your Lord, so worship Him. That is a straight path."
وَإِنَّهُۥ لَعِلْمٌ لِّلسَّاعَةِ فَلَا تَمْتَرُنَّ بِهَا وَٱتَّبِعُونِ هَٰذَا صِرَٰطٌ مُّسْتَقِيمٌ
And indeed, he [i.e., Jesus] will be [a sign for] knowledge of the Hour, so be not in doubt of it, and follow Me. This is a straight path.
إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ هُوَ رَبِّى وَرَبُّكُمْ فَٱعْبُدُوهُ هَٰذَا صِرَٰطٌ مُّسْتَقِيمٌ
Indeed, Allāh is my Lord and your Lord, so worship Him. This is a straight path."
