The Holy Quran 6:56 — Surah Al-An'am

Arabic text

قُلْ إِنِّى نُهِيتُ أَنْ أَعْبُدَ ٱلَّذِينَ تَدْعُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ ۚ قُل لَّآ أَتَّبِعُ أَهْوَآءَكُمْ ۙ قَدْ ضَلَلْتُ إِذًا وَمَآ أَنَا۠ مِنَ ٱلْمُهْتَدِينَ

Translation

Say (to the Kuffaar), "I have been prohibited (by revelation, wisdom and nature) from worshipping those (gods and idols) that you call upon (that you worship) besides Allaah." Say, "I do not follow your wishes (and will not worship what you want me to worship), for then I shall go astray and will not be of the rightly guided ones."

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

A warning to the idolaters: the previous verse set out the things that are fit to be said to the believers. This ruku' (section) mentions the matters that deserve to be addressed to the guilty and to those who deny the truth.

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