Quran 16:35

Surah An-Nahl, Verse 35

Verse 35 of 128 in Surah An-Nahl (النحل), chapter 16 of the Quran — in Arabic with Tamil, Sinhala and English translation, tafsir and MP3 recitation.

وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ أَشْرَكُوا۟ لَوْ شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ مَا عَبَدْنَا مِن دُونِهِۦ مِن شَىْءٍ نَّحْنُ وَلَآ ءَابَآؤُنَا وَلَا حَرَّمْنَا مِن دُونِهِۦ مِن شَىْءٍ ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ فَعَلَ ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ ۚ فَهَلْ عَلَى ٱلرُّسُلِ إِلَّا ٱلْبَلَـٰغُ ٱلْمُبِينُ

EnglishSaheeh International
And those who associate others with Allāh say, "If Allāh had willed, we would not have worshipped anything other than Him, neither we nor our fathers, nor would we have forbidden anything through other than Him." Thus did those do before them. So is there upon the messengers except [the duty of] clear notification?
TamilJan Trust Foundation
"அல்லாஹ் நாடியிருந்தால் அவனையன்றி வேறு எந்தப் பொருளையும், நாங்களோ, எங்களுடைய தந்தையர்களோ வணங்கியிருக்கமாட்டோம்; இன்னும் அவனுடைய கட்டளையின்றி எப்பொருளையும் (ஆகாதவை யென்று) விலக்கி வைத்திருக்கவும் மாட்டோம்" என்று முஷ்ரிக்குகள் கூறுகின்றனர். இப்படித்தான் இவர்களுக்கு முன்னர் இருந்தவர்களும் செய்தார்கள்; எனவே (நம்) தூதர்களுக்குத் (தம் தூதுவத்தைத்) தெளிவாக அறிவிப்பதைத் தவிர வேறு ஏதாவது பொறுப்புண்டா? (இல்லை).
SinhalaRuwwad Center
තවද අල්ලාහ් අභිමත කළේ නම් අප හෝ අපගේ මුතුන්මිත්තන් හෝ ඔහු හැර වෙනත් කිසිවකු නො නමදින්නට තිබුණි. එමෙන් ම ඔහුගේ නියෝගයෙන් තොරව කිසිවක් තහනම් නො කරන්නට තිබුණි යැයි අල්ලාහ්ට ආදේශ කළවුන් පැවසූහ. ඔවුනට පෙර සිටියවුන් සිදු කළේ ද එලෙස ම ය. (අපගේ නිවේදනය) පැහැදිලිව දන්වා සිටීම මිස වෙනත් කිසිදු වගකීමක් රසූල්වරුන් වෙත වී ද?
UrduMaulana Muhammad Junagarhi
مشرک لوگوں نے کہا کہ اگر اللہ تعالیٰ چاہتا تو ہم اور ہمارے باپ دادے اس کے سوا کسی اور کی عبادت ہی نہ کرتے، نہ اس کے فرمان کے بغیر کسی چیز کو حرام کرتے۔ یہی فعل ان سے پہلے کے لوگوں کا رہا۔ تو رسولوں پر تو صرف کھلم کھلا پیغام کا پہنچا دینا ہے.
JapaneseRyoichi Mita
偶像を崇拝する者たちは言う。「もしアッラーが御望みなら,わたしたちもまたわたしたちの祖先も,かれを差し置いて何者にも仕えなかったであろう。またわたしたちはかれ(の命令)なく,何ものをも禁じなかったであろう。」かれら以前の者たちもそうであった。つまり使徒たち(の務め)は,明白な(啓示の)宣布の外に何があろうか。
ChineseMa Jian
以物配主者说:假若真主意欲,则我们和我们的祖先不会舍他而崇拜任何物的,我们也不会擅自戒除任何物的。在他们之前的人,曾这样做过了。使者们只负明白的传达的责任。

Tafsir of 16:35

The Idolators Argument that their Shirk was Divinely decreed, and the Refutation of this Claim Allah tells us about the idolators delusion over their Shirk, and the excuse they claimed for it based on the idea that it is ordained by divine decree. He says: لَوْ شَآءَ اللَّهُ مَا عَبَدْنَا مِن دُونِهِ مِن شَىْءٍ نَّحْنُ وَلا ءَابَاؤُنَا وَلاَ حَرَّمْنَا مِن دُونِهِ مِن شَىْءٍ ((They say:) "If Allah had so willed, neither we nor our fathers would have worshipped any but Him, nor would we have forbidden anything without (a command from) Him.") They had superstitious customs dealing with certain animals, e.g. the Bahirah the Sa'ibah and the Wasilah and other things that they had invented and innovated by themselves, with no revealed authority. The essence of what they said was: "If Allah hated what we did, He would have stopped by punishing us, and He would not have enabled us to do it." Rejecting their confusing ideas, Allah says: فَهَلْ عَلَى الرُّسُلِ إِلاَّ الْبَلَغُ الْمُبِينُ (Are the Messengers charged with anything but to clearly convey the Message) meaning, the matter is not as you claim.…

Source: Ibn Kathir (Abridged)

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