Surah Al-Isra — Verse 22

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لَّا تَجْعَلْ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَـٰهًا ءَاخَرَ فَتَقْعُدَ مَذْمُومًا مَّخْذُولًا

La tajAAal maAAa Allahi ilahanakhara fataqAAuda mathmooman makhthoola

Verse recitation

Translations of this verse 11

Saheeh International

Do not make [as equal] with Allāh another deity and [thereby] become censured and forsaken.

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

Set up no other god beside God, or you will end up disgraced and forsaken.

Marmaduke Pickthall

Set not up with Allah any other god (O man) lest thou sit down reproved, forsaken.

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Take not with Allah another object of worship; or thou (O man!) wilt sit in disgrace and destitution.

Mufti Taqi Usmani

Do not set up any other god along with Allah, otherwise you will sit condemned, forsaken.

Al-Hilali & Khan

Set not up with Allâh any other ilâh (god), (O man)! (This verse is addressed to Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه و سلم , but its implication is general to all mankind), or you will sit down reproved, forsaken (in the Hell-fire).

Abul A'la Maududi (Tafhim)

Do not set up any other god with Allah lest you are rendered humiliated and helpless.

Muhammad Asad — The Message of the Qur’an

DO NOT set up any other deity side by side with God, lest thou find thyself disgraced and forsaken:

Rowwad · source edition

Do not set up with Allah any other god, or else you will be despised and forsaken[20].

Notes

[20] Having none to thank them for it, nor support them in the least.

Hilali and Khan · source edition

22. Set not up with Allâh any other ilâh (god), (O man)! (This verse is addressed to Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه و سلم , but its implication is general to all mankind), or you will sit down reproved, forsaken (in the Hell-fire).