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Quran 109:4

Surah Al-Kaafiroon, Verse 4

Juz 30 · Page 603 · Ruku 551 · Meccan

وَلَآ أَنَا۠ عَابِدٌ مَّا عَبَدتُّمْ

Word by word

وَلَآ walā And not أَنَا۠ anā I am عَابِدٌۭ ʿābidun a worshipper مَّا mā (of) what عَبَدتُّمْ ʿabadttum you worship

Transliteration

Wala ana AAabidun maAAabadtum

Translations

Pickthall — Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

And I shall not worship that which ye worship.

Yusuf Ali — Abdullah Yusuf Ali

And I will not worship that which ye have been wont to worship,

تفسير ابن كثير — Ismail ibn Kathir

فما ههنا بمعنى من قال "ولا أنا عابد ما عبدتم ولا أنتم عابدون ما أعبد" أي ولا أعبد عبادتكم أي لا أسلكها ولا أقتدي بها وإنما أعبد الله على الوجه الذي يحبه ويرضاه.

Arabic text: Tanzil Uthmani 1.1 — Tanzil — non-commercial redistribution with attribution.
Translation: Pickthall by Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall — Public domain.
Translation: Yusuf Ali by Abdullah Yusuf Ali — Public domain.
Commentary: تفسير ابن كثير — Public domain.
Word-by-word data via Quran Foundation. Linguistic annotation: the Quranic Arabic Corpus.