Surah 17 Al-Israa — Ayah 39
ذَٰلِكَ مِمَّآ أَوْحَىٰٓ إِلَيْكَ رَبُّكَ مِنَ ٱلْحِكْمَةِ ۗ وَلَا تَجْعَلْ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَٰهًا ءَاخَرَ فَتُلْقَىٰ فِى جَهَنَّمَ مَلُومًۭا مَّدْحُورًا
That is from what your Lord has revealed to you, [O Muhammad], of wisdom. And, [O mankind], do not make [as equal] with Allah another deity, lest you be thrown into Hell, blamed and banished.
dhālika mimmā awḥā ilayka rabbuka mina l-ḥik'mati walā tajʿal maʿa l-lahi ilāhan ākhara fatul'qā fī jahannama malūman madḥūran
Word by word
- ذَٰلِكَ dhālika That
- مِمَّآ mimmā (is) from what
- أَوْحَىٰٓ awḥā (was) revealed
- إِلَيْكَ ilayka to you
- رَبُّكَ rabbuka (from) your Lord
- مِنَ mina of
- ٱلْحِكْمَةِ ۗ l-ḥik'mati the wisdom
- وَلَا walā And (do) not
- تَجْعَلْ tajʿal make
- مَعَ maʿa with
- ٱللَّهِ l-lahi Allah
- إِلَـٰهًا ilāhan god
- ءَاخَرَ ākhara other
- فَتُلْقَىٰ fatul'qā lest you should be thrown
- فِى fī in
- جَهَنَّمَ jahannama Hell
- مَلُومًۭا malūman blameworthy
- مَّدْحُورًا madḥūran abandoned
Tafsir · Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
Everything previously mentioned is Revelation and Wisdom
Allah says: `What We have commanded you to do is part of good manners, and what We have forbidden you are evil qualities. We have revealed this to you, O Muhammad, so that you may command the people likewise.'
(And set not up with Allah any other god lest you should be thrown into Hell, blameworthy) meaning, your own self will blame you, as will Allah and His creation.
(rejected) means far removed from everything good. Ibn `Abbas and Qatadah said: "(It means) cast out." This is an address to the Ummah via the Messenger , for he is infallible.