سُوْرَةُ الْاَنْعَامِ
Surah Al-An'aam (6) — Ayah 71
قُلْ أَنَدْعُوا۟ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ مَا لَا يَنفَعُنَا وَلَا يَضُرُّنَا وَنُرَدُّ عَلَىٰٓ أَعْقَابِنَا بَعْدَ إِذْ هَدَىٰنَا ٱللَّهُ كَٱلَّذِى ٱسْتَهْوَتْهُ ٱلشَّيَـٰطِينُ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ حَيْرَانَ لَهُۥٓ أَصْحَـٰبٌ يَدْعُونَهُۥٓ إِلَى ٱلْهُدَى ٱئْتِنَا ۗ قُلْ إِنَّ هُدَى ٱللَّهِ هُوَ ٱلْهُدَىٰ ۖ وَأُمِرْنَا لِنُسْلِمَ لِرَبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ ﴿71﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
Say (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم): "Shall we invoke others besides Allâh (false deities), that can do us neither good nor harm, and shall we turn back on our heels after Allâh has guided us (to true Monotheism)? - like one whom the Shayâtîn (devils) have made to go astray in the land in confusion, his companions calling him to guidance (saying): ‘Come to us.’ " Say: "Verily, Allâh’s Guidance is the only guidance, and we have been commanded to submit (ourselves) to the Lord of the ‘Âlamîn (mankind, jinn and all that exists);
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
قُلْ
qul
Say
أَنَدْعُوا۟
anadʿū
Shall we call
مِن
min
from
دُونِ
dūni
besides
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
Allah
مَا
mā
what
لَا
lā
not
يَنفَعُنَا
yanfaʿunā
benefits us
وَلَا
walā
and not
يَضُرُّنَا
yaḍurrunā
harms us
وَنُرَدُّ
wanuraddu
and we turn back
عَلَىٰٓ
ʿalā
on
أَعْقَابِنَا
aʿqābinā
our heels
بَعْدَ
baʿda
after
إِذْ
idh
[when]
هَدَىٰنَا
hadānā
(has) guided us
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
Allah
كَٱلَّذِى
ka-alladhī
Like the one
ٱسْتَهْوَتْهُ
is'tahwathu
whom (has been) enticed
ٱلشَّيَـٰطِينُ
l-shayāṭīnu
(by) the Shaitaan
فِى
fī
in
ٱلْأَرْضِ
l-arḍi
the earth
حَيْرَانَ
ḥayrāna
confused
لَهُۥٓ
lahu
he has
أَصْحَـٰبٌۭ
aṣḥābun
companions
يَدْعُونَهُۥٓ
yadʿūnahu
who call him
إِلَى
ilā
towards
ٱلْهُدَى
l-hudā
the guidance
ٱئْتِنَا ۗ
i'tinā
'Come to us.'
قُلْ
qul
Say
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
هُدَى
hudā
(the) Guidance
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
(of) Allah
هُوَ
huwa
it
ٱلْهُدَىٰ ۖ
l-hudā
(is) the Guidance
وَأُمِرْنَا
wa-umir'nā
and we have been commanded
لِنُسْلِمَ
linus'lima
that we submit
لِرَبِّ
lirabbi
to (the) Lord
ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ
l-ʿālamīna
(of) the worlds
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.
71. 1 This is the example given of those people who, after faith, return to disbelief and after monotheism, turn back to polytheism. Their example is just like a person who gets separated from his companions who are walking on the straight path. And the one who is separated wanders bewildered and confused in the wilderness, while his companions are calling him, but in his confusion, he cannot comprehend anything, or due to being trapped by the jinn, it is no longer possible for him to return to the right path.
71. 2 The meaning is that the one who went astray by adopting disbelief and polytheism cannot come to guidance, just like a lost traveler. However, if Allah has destined guidance for him, then surely by Allah's enablement he will find the way. Because it is only His work to guide someone to the right path. As mentioned in other places: (فَاِنَّ اللّٰهَ لَا يَهْدِيْ مَنْ يُّضِلُّ وَمَا لَهُمْ مِّنْ نّٰصِرِيْنَ) 16. An-Nahl: 37) Whom He leads astray, and for them there will be no helper. But this guidance and misguidance occur according to the principle that Allah has established for it; it is not that He misguides whomever He wills and guides whomever He wills without reason, as has been explained in many places.
71. 2 The meaning is that the one who went astray by adopting disbelief and polytheism cannot come to guidance, just like a lost traveler. However, if Allah has destined guidance for him, then surely by Allah's enablement he will find the way. Because it is only His work to guide someone to the right path. As mentioned in other places: (فَاِنَّ اللّٰهَ لَا يَهْدِيْ مَنْ يُّضِلُّ وَمَا لَهُمْ مِّنْ نّٰصِرِيْنَ) 16. An-Nahl: 37) Whom He leads astray, and for them there will be no helper. But this guidance and misguidance occur according to the principle that Allah has established for it; it is not that He misguides whomever He wills and guides whomever He wills without reason, as has been explained in many places.
