سُوْرَةُ الزُّمَرِ
Surah Az-Zumar (39) — Ayah 64
قُلْ أَفَغَيْرَ ٱللَّهِ تَأْمُرُوٓنِّىٓ أَعْبُدُ أَيُّهَا ٱلْجَـٰهِلُونَ ﴿64﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
Say (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم to the polytheists): "Do you order me to worship other than Allâh? O you fools!"
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
قُلْ
qul
Say
أَفَغَيْرَ
afaghayra
Is (it) other than
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
Allah
تَأْمُرُوٓنِّىٓ
tamurūnnī
you order me
أَعْبُدُ
aʿbudu
(to) worship
أَيُّهَا
ayyuhā
O
ٱلْجَـٰهِلُونَ
l-jāhilūna
ignorant ones
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.
64. 1. This is in response to the invitation of the disbelievers, which they used to give to the Prophet of Islam, Hazrat Muhammad Rasulullah ﷺ, to adopt their ancestral religion, which involved the worship of idols.
