Joseph
12. Yūsuf
يوسف
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مَا
تَعْبُدُونَ
مِن
دُونِهِ
إِلَّا
أَسْمَاءً
سَمَّيْتُمُوهَا
أَنتُمْ
وَآبَاؤُكُم
مَّا
أَنزَلَ
اللَّهُ
بِهَا
مِن
سُلْطَانٍ
إِنِ
الْحُكْمُ
إِلَّا
لِلَّهِ
أَمَرَ
أَلَّا
تَعْبُدُوا
إِلَّا
إِيَّاهُ
ذَلِكَ
الدِّينُ
الْقَيِّمُ
وَلَكِنَّ
أَكْثَرَ
النَّاسِ
لَا
يَعْلَمُونَ
mā taʿbudūna min dūnihī ʾillā ʾasmāʾan sammaytumūhā ʾantum wa-ʾābāʾukum mā ʾanzala llāhu bihā min sulṭānin ʾini l-ḥukmu ʾillā li-llāhi ʾamara ʾallā taʿbudū ʾillā ʾiyyāhu dhālika d-dīnu l-qayyimu wa-lākinna ʾakthara n-nāsi lā yaʿlamūna
"If not Him, ye worship nothing but names which ye have named,- ye and your fathers,- for which Allah hath sent down no authority: the command is for none but Allah: He hath commanded that ye worship none but Him: that is the right religion, but most men understand not...
— Abdullah Yusufali
You do not worship besides Him but [mere] names that you and your fathers have coined, for which Allah has not sent down any authority. Sovereignty belongs only to Allah. He has commanded you to worship none except Him. That is the upright religion, but most people do not know.
