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Quran 2:21

Surah Al-Baqara, Verse 21

Juz 1 · Page 4 · Ruku 4 · Medinan

يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّاسُ ٱعْبُدُوا۟ رَبَّكُمُ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَكُمْ وَٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِكُمْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَتَّقُونَ

Word by word

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا yāayyuhā O ٱلنَّاسُ l-nāsu mankind ٱعْبُدُوا۟ uʿ'budū worship رَبَّكُمُ rabbakumu your Lord ٱلَّذِى alladhī the One Who خَلَقَكُمْ khalaqakum created you وَٱلَّذِينَ wa-alladhīna and those مِن min from قَبْلِكُمْ qablikum before you لَعَلَّكُمْ laʿallakum so that you may تَتَّقُونَ tattaqūna become righteous

Transliteration

Ya ayyuha annasuoAAbudoo rabbakumu allathee khalaqakum wallatheenamin qablikum laAAallakum tattaqoon

Translations

Pickthall — Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

O mankind! worship your Lord, Who hath created you and those before you, so that ye may ward off (evil).

Yusuf Ali — Abdullah Yusuf Ali

O ye people! Adore your Guardian-Lord, who created you and those who came before you, that ye may have the chance to learn righteousness;

تفسير ابن كثير — Ismail ibn Kathir

شرع تبارك وتعالى في بيان وحدانية ألوهيته ، بأنه تعالى هو المنعم على عبيده ، بإخراجهم من العدم إلى الوجود وإسباغه عليهم النعم الظاهرة والباطنة

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.