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Qur’an 72:18 Al-Jinn, verse 18

وَأَنَّ ٱلْمَسَٰجِدَ لِلَّهِ فَلَا تَدْعُوا۟ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ أَحَدًۭا

And [He revealed] that the masjids are for Allah, so do not invoke with Allah anyone.

Translation: Saheeh International. Brackets mark words added for clarity.

Surah
Al-Jinn (72)
Verse
18 of 28
Revealed
Makki
Juz
29
Mushaf page
573

Word by word

ArabicTransliterationMeaningRoot
وَأَنَّwa-annaAnd that
ٱلْمَسَـٰجِدَl-masājidathe masjidsس ج د
لِلَّهِlillahi(are) for Allahأ ل ه
فَلَاfalāso (do) not
تَدْعُوا۟tadʿūcallد ع و
مَعَmaʿawith
ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllahأ ل ه
أَحَدًۭاaḥadananyoneأ ح د

Tap a root to see every word built from it. Root and lemma data: Quranic Arabic Corpus (Kais Dukes, University of Leeds), revised by quran-morphology, GNU GPL. All sources.

In context

The verses around 72:18 in Al-Jinn.

  • 72:16وَأَلَّوِ ٱسْتَقَٰمُوا۟ عَلَى ٱلطَّرِيقَةِ لَأَسْقَيْنَٰهُم مَّآءً غَدَقًۭاAnd [Allah revealed] that if they had remained straight on the way, We would have given them abundant provision
  • 72:17لِّنَفْتِنَهُمْ فِيهِ ۚ وَمَن يُعْرِضْ عَن ذِكْرِ رَبِّهِۦ يَسْلُكْهُ عَذَابًۭا صَعَدًۭاSo We might test them therein. And whoever turns away from the remembrance of his Lord He will put into arduous punishment.
  • 72:19وَأَنَّهُۥ لَمَّا قَامَ عَبْدُ ٱللَّهِ يَدْعُوهُ كَادُوا۟ يَكُونُونَ عَلَيْهِ لِبَدًۭاAnd that when the Servant of Allah stood up supplicating Him, they almost became about him a compacted mass."
  • 72:20قُلْ إِنَّمَآ أَدْعُوا۟ رَبِّى وَلَآ أُشْرِكُ بِهِۦٓ أَحَدًۭاSay, [O Muhammad], "I only invoke my Lord and do not associate with Him anyone."

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