سُوْرَةُ النَّحْلِ
Surah An-Nahl (16) — Ayah 36
وَلَقَدْ بَعَثْنَا فِى كُلِّ أُمَّةٍ رَّسُولًا أَنِ ٱعْبُدُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَٱجْتَنِبُوا۟ ٱلطَّـٰغُوتَ ۖ فَمِنْهُم مَّنْ هَدَى ٱللَّهُ وَمِنْهُم مَّنْ حَقَّتْ عَلَيْهِ ٱلضَّلَـٰلَةُ ۚ فَسِيرُوا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ فَٱنظُرُوا۟ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَـٰقِبَةُ ٱلْمُكَذِّبِينَ ﴿36﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
And verily, We have sent among every Ummah (community, nation) a Messenger (proclaiming): "Worship Allâh (Alone), and avoid (or keep away from) Tâghût (all false deities i.e. do not worship Tâghût besides Allâh)." Then of them were some whom Allâh guided and of them were some upon whom the straying was justified. So travel through the land and see what was the end of those who denied (the truth).
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
وَلَقَدْ
walaqad
And certainly
بَعَثْنَا
baʿathnā
We sent
فِى
fī
into
كُلِّ
kulli
every
أُمَّةٍۢ
ummatin
nation
رَّسُولًا
rasūlan
a Messenger
أَنِ
ani
that
ٱعْبُدُوا۟
uʿ'budū
Worship
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah
وَٱجْتَنِبُوا۟
wa-ij'tanibū
and avoid
ٱلطَّـٰغُوتَ ۖ
l-ṭāghūta
the false deities
فَمِنْهُم
famin'hum
Then among them
مَّنْ
man
(were some) whom
هَدَى
hadā
Allah guided
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
Allah guided
وَمِنْهُم
wamin'hum
and among them
مَّنْ
man
(were) some
حَقَّتْ
ḥaqqat
was justified
عَلَيْهِ
ʿalayhi
on them
ٱلضَّلَـٰلَةُ ۚ
l-ḍalālatu
the straying
فَسِيرُوا۟
fasīrū
So travel
فِى
fī
in
ٱلْأَرْضِ
l-arḍi
the earth
فَٱنظُرُوا۟
fa-unẓurū
and see
كَيْفَ
kayfa
how
كَانَ
kāna
was
عَـٰقِبَةُ
ʿāqibatu
the end
ٱلْمُكَذِّبِينَ
l-mukadhibīna
(of) the deniers
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan — Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan is a well-known Quran commentary by Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar from Pakistan. This tafsir explains the meanings of the Quran in accordance with the methodology of the Salaf (early righteous generations), relying on authentic sources and straightforward language. Due to its reliability and adherence to sound Islamic scholarship, the Saudi government publishes and distributes this tafsir among the Hujjaj (pilgrims) visiting the Haramain. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.
36. 1. To remove the aforementioned doubt, it is further stated that We sent a messenger to every nation and conveyed this message through them that worship only one Allah. But those upon whom misguidance had been established did not care about it.
