Quran 16:36

Surah An-Nahl, Verse 36

Verse 36 of 128 in Surah An-Nahl (النحل), chapter 16 of the Quran — in Arabic with Tamil, Sinhala and English translation, tafsir and MP3 recitation.

وَلَقَدْ بَعَثْنَا فِى كُلِّ أُمَّةٍ رَّسُولًا أَنِ ٱعْبُدُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَٱجْتَنِبُوا۟ ٱلطَّـٰغُوتَ ۖ فَمِنْهُم مَّنْ هَدَى ٱللَّهُ وَمِنْهُم مَّنْ حَقَّتْ عَلَيْهِ ٱلضَّلَـٰلَةُ ۚ فَسِيرُوا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ فَٱنظُرُوا۟ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَـٰقِبَةُ ٱلْمُكَذِّبِينَ

EnglishSaheeh International
And We certainly sent into every nation a messenger, [saying], "Worship Allāh and avoid ṭāghūt." And among them were those whom Allāh guided, and among them were those upon whom error was [deservedly] decreed. So proceed [i.e., travel] through the earth and observe how was the end of the deniers.
TamilJan Trust Foundation
மெய்யாகவே நாம் ஒவ்வொரு சமூகத்தாரிடத்திலும், "அல்லாஹ்வையே நீங்கள் வணங்குங்கள்; ஷைத்தான்களை விட்டும் நீங்கள் விலகிச் செல்லுங்கள்" என்று (போதிக்குமாறு) நம் தூதர்களை அனுப்பி வைத்தோம்; எனவே அ(ந்த சமூகத்த)வர்களில் அல்லாஹ் நேர்வழி காட்டியோரும் இருக்கிறார்கள்; வழிகேடே விதிக்கப்பெற்றோரும் அவர்களில் இருக்கிறார்கள்; ஆகவே நீங்கள் பூமியில் சுற்றுப்பயணம் செய்து, பொய்யர்களின் முடிவு என்ன ஆயிற்று என்பதைக் கவனியுங்கள்.
SinhalaRuwwad Center
තවද නුඹලා අල්ලාහ්ට නැමදුම් කරනු. තවද නපුරු බලවේගවලින් වැළකී සිටිනු යැයි (දන්වා) සැබැවින් ම අපි සෑම සමූහයකට ම රසූල්වරයකු එව්වෙමු. එහෙයින් ඔවුන් අතරින් අල්ලාහ් මග පෙන්වූවන් වෙති. එමෙන් ම ඔවුන් අතරින් තමන් වෙත නොමග නියම වූවන් ද වෙති. එහෙයින් නුඹලා මහපොළොවේ සැරිසරා බොරුකළවුන්ගේ අවසානය කෙසේ වී දැ? යි අවධානයෙන් බලනු.
UrduMaulana Muhammad Junagarhi
ہم نے ہر امت میں رسول بھیجا کہ (لوگو!) صرف اللہ کی عبادت کرو اور اس کے سوا تمام معبودوں سے بچو۔ پس بعض لوگوں کو تو اللہ تعالیٰ نے ہدایت دی اور بعض پر گمراہی ﺛابت ہوگئی ، پس تم خود زمین میں چل پھر کر دیکھ لو کہ جھٹلانے والوں کا انجام کیسا کچھ ہوا؟
JapaneseRyoichi Mita
本当にわれは,各々の民に一人の使徒を遺わして「アッラーに仕え,邪神を避けなさい。」 と(命じた)。それでかれらの中には,アッラーの導かれた者もあり,また,迷誤が避けられない者もあった。それで地上を旅して,(真理を)拒否した者の後がどんなものであったかを見るがいい。
ChineseMa Jian
我在每个民族中,确已派遣一个使者,说:你们当崇拜真主,当远离恶魔。但他们中有真主所引导的,有应当迷误的。故你们当在大地上旅行,应当观察否认(使者)的人们的结局是怎样的。

Tafsir of 16:36

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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Quran 16:36 — Surah An-Nahl Verse 36