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Qur’an 72:20 Al-Jinn, verse 20

قُلْ إِنَّمَآ أَدْعُوا۟ رَبِّى وَلَآ أُشْرِكُ بِهِۦٓ أَحَدًۭا

Say, [O Muhammad], "I only invoke my Lord and do not associate with Him anyone."

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

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

Word by word

ArabicTransliterationMeaningRoot
قُلْqulSayق و ل
إِنَّمَآinnamāOnly
أَدْعُوا۟adʿūI call uponد ع و
رَبِّىrabbīmy Lordر ب ب
وَلَآwalāand not
أُشْرِكُush'rikuI associateش ر ك
بِهِۦٓbihiwith Him
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 72:20 in Al-Jinn.

  • 72:18وَأَنَّ ٱلْمَسَٰجِدَ لِلَّهِ فَلَا تَدْعُوا۟ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ أَحَدًۭاAnd [He revealed] that the masjids are for Allah, so do not invoke with Allah anyone.
  • 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."
  • 72:21قُلْ إِنِّى لَآ أَمْلِكُ لَكُمْ ضَرًّۭا وَلَا رَشَدًۭاSay, "Indeed, I do not possess for you [the power of] harm or right direction."
  • 72:22قُلْ إِنِّى لَن يُجِيرَنِى مِنَ ٱللَّهِ أَحَدٌۭ وَلَنْ أَجِدَ مِن دُونِهِۦ مُلْتَحَدًاSay, "Indeed, there will never protect me from Allah anyone [if I should disobey], nor will I find in other than Him a refuge.

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