The Cattle
6. Al-'Anʿām
الأنعام
al-An‘ām (Cattle)
ٱلْأَنْعَام
6:71
قُلْ
أَنَدْعُو
مِن
دُونِ
اللَّهِ
مَا
لَا
يَنفَعُنَا
وَلَا
يَضُرُّنَا
وَنُرَدُّ
عَلَى
أَعْقَابِنَا
بَعْدَ
إِذْ
هَدَانَا
اللَّهُ
كَالَّذِي
اسْتَهْوَتْهُ
الشَّيَاطِينُ
فِي
الْأَرْضِ
حَيْرَانَ
لَهُ
أَصْحَابٌ
يَدْعُونَهُ
إِلَى
الْهُدَى
ائْتِنَا
قُلْ
إِنَّ
هُدَى
اللَّهِ
هُوَ
الْهُدَى
وَأُمِرْنَا
لِنُسْلِمَ
لِرَبِّ
الْعَالَمِينَ
qul ʾa-nadʿū min dūni llāhi mā lā yanfaʿunā wa-lā yaḍurrunā wa-nuraddu ʿalā ʾaʿqābinā baʿda ʾidh hadānā llāhu ka-lladhī stahwathu sh-shayāṭīnu fī l-ʾarḍi ḥayrāna lahū ʾaṣḥābun yadʿūnahū ʾilā l-hudā ʾtinā qul ʾinna hudā llāhi huwa l-hudā wa-ʾumirnā li-nuslima li-rabbi l-ʿālamīna
Say to them, "Should we, instead of asking for God's help, seek help from that which can neither benefit nor harm us, but would only turn us back to disbelief after God had granted us guidance? To do so would be to act like (those who have been) seduced by Satan, leaving them wandering aimlessly here and there, even though their friends call them, 'Come to the right guidance that has come to us.' " Say, "God's guidance is the only true guidance and we are commanded to submit ourselves to the Lord of the Universe.
