سُوْرَةُ اِبْرَاهِيْمَ

Surah Ibrahim (14) — Ayah 36

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رَبِّ إِنَّهُنَّ أَضْلَلْنَ كَثِيرًا مِّنَ ٱلنَّاسِ ۖ فَمَن تَبِعَنِى فَإِنَّهُۥ مِنِّى ۖ وَمَنْ عَصَانِى فَإِنَّكَ غَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ ﴿36﴾
"O my Lord! They have indeed led astray many among mankind. But whoso follows me, he verily is of me. And whoso disobeys me, still You are indeed Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.
رَبِّ rabbi My Lord
إِنَّهُنَّ innahunna Indeed, they
أَضْلَلْنَ aḍlalna have led astray
كَثِيرًۭا kathīran many
مِّنَ mina among
ٱلنَّاسِ ۖ l-nāsi the mankind
فَمَن faman So whoever
تَبِعَنِى tabiʿanī follows me
فَإِنَّهُۥ fa-innahu then indeed, he
مِنِّى ۖ minnī (is) of me
وَمَنْ waman and whoever
عَصَانِى ʿaṣānī disobeys me
فَإِنَّكَ fa-innaka then indeed, You
غَفُورٌۭ ghafūrun (are) Oft-Forgiving
رَّحِيمٌۭ raḥīmun Most Merciful

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36. 1. The attribution of misguidance to those stone idols which the polytheists worshipped, despite the fact that they are without intellect, is because they were and are a cause of misguidance.