Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
"O my father! Verily I fear lest a torment from the Most Gracious (Allâh) should overtake you, so that you become a companion of Shaitân (Satan) (in the Hell-fire)." [Tafsir Al-Qurtubî]
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
يَـٰٓأَبَتِyāabatiO my father
إِنِّىٓinnīIndeed, I
أَخَافُakhāfu[I] fear
أَنanthat
يَمَسَّكَyamassakawill touch you
عَذَابٌۭʿadhābuna punishment
مِّنَminafrom
ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِl-raḥmānithe Most Gracious
فَتَكُونَfatakūnaso you would be
لِلشَّيْطَـٰنِlilshayṭānito the Shaitaan
وَلِيًّۭاwaliyyana friend
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45. 1. If you remain upon your polytheism and disbelief and death comes to you in this state, then no one will be able to save you from the punishment of Allah. Or, you may even be afflicted with punishment in this world and, by becoming a companion of Satan, be cast away from the court of Allah forever. Hazrat Ibrahim (علیہ السلام) fully observed the requirements of respect and honor for his father, and with utmost compassion and affection, preached the lesson of monotheism to his father. However, no matter how sweetly and gently the lesson of monotheism is presented, it is always unbearable for a polytheist. Thus, in response to this gentleness and affection, the polytheist father said to his monotheist son with great harshness and bitterness: If you do not desist from turning away from my deities, I will surely stone you.
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45. O my father! Indeed, I fear that a punishment [42] from Allah the Exalted may touch you, and you would become a companion of Satan."
[42] Whether or not you receive any physical punishment from Allah, you will certainly receive this: if you continue to obey Satan, you will never attain guidance. Then you will become a companion of Satan forever.
