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Surah Fussilat (41) — Ayah 6
قُلْ إِنَّمَآ أَنَا۠ بَشَرٌ مِّثْلُكُمْ يُوحَىٰٓ إِلَىَّ أَنَّمَآ إِلَـٰهُكُمْ إِلَـٰهٌ وَٰحِدٌ فَٱسْتَقِيمُوٓا۟ إِلَيْهِ وَٱسْتَغْفِرُوهُ ۗ وَوَيْلٌ لِّلْمُشْرِكِينَ ﴿6﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
Say (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم): "I am only a human being like you. It is revealed to me that your Ilâh (God) is One Ilâh (God - Allâh), therefore take Straight Path to Him (with true Faith - Islâmic Monotheism) and obedience to Him, and seek forgiveness of Him. And woe to Al-Mushrikûn (the polytheists, idolaters, disbelievers in the Oneness of Allâh).
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
قُلْ
qul
Say
إِنَّمَآ
innamā
Only
أَنَا۠
anā
I am
بَشَرٌۭ
basharun
a man
مِّثْلُكُمْ
mith'lukum
like you
يُوحَىٰٓ
yūḥā
it is revealed
إِلَىَّ
ilayya
to me
أَنَّمَآ
annamā
that
إِلَـٰهُكُمْ
ilāhukum
your god
إِلَـٰهٌۭ
ilāhun
(is) God
وَٰحِدٌۭ
wāḥidun
One
فَٱسْتَقِيمُوٓا۟
fa-is'taqīmū
so take a Straight Path
إِلَيْهِ
ilayhi
to Him
وَٱسْتَغْفِرُوهُ ۗ
wa-is'taghfirūhu
and ask His forgiveness
وَوَيْلٌۭ
wawaylun
And woe
لِّلْمُشْرِكِينَ
lil'mush'rikīna
to the polytheists
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.
6. 1. That is, there is no distinction between me and you except for divine revelation, so why this distance and veil? Moreover, the call to monotheism that I am presenting is not such that it cannot be understood by reason and intellect, so why turn away from it?
