Surah 11. Hud, Ayah 109
| فَلَا تَكُ فِي مِرْيَةٍ مِمَّا يَعْبُدُ هَٰؤُلَاءِ ۚ مَا يَعْبُدُونَ إِلَّا كَمَا يَعْبُدُ آبَاؤُهُمْ مِنْ قَبْلُ ۚ وَإِنَّا لَمُوَفُّوهُمْ نَصِيبَهُمْ غَيْرَ مَنْقُوصٍ |
| Transliteration | : | fa- laa taku(n) fe miryah min maa yacbud haa'ulaa'i maa yacbudon 'illaa ka-maa yacbud 'aabaa' -hum min qablu wa- 'in(na) -naa la- muwaffo -hum nas.eb -hum ghayr manqos. |
| Pickthall | : | So be not thou in doubt concerning that which these (folk) worship. They worship only as their fathers worshipped aforetime. Lo! We shall pay them their whole due unabated. |
| Asad | : | AND SO, [O Prophet,] be not in doubt about anything that those [misguided people] worship:136 they but [thoughtlessly] worship as their forefathers worshipped aforetime; and, behold, We shall most certainly give them their full due [for whatever good or evil they have earned], without diminishing aught thereof.137 |
| Malik | : | Therefore, have no doubt concerning the deities they worship, for they blindly imitate the worship of those deities whom their forefathers used to worship before them; and surely, We shall give them their share of punishment in full without any abatement. |
| Yusuf Ali | : | Be not then in doubt as to what these men worship. They worship nothing but what their fathers worshipped before (them): but verily We shall pay them back (in full) their portion without (the least) abatement. 1611 1612 |
Note - 136I.e., "do not think that their beliefs are based on
reason": a reference, primarily, to the pagan Arabs who -
like the wrongdoers spoken of in the preceding passages -
rejected God's message on the plea that it conflicted
with their ancestral beliefs, and more generally, to all
people who are accustomed to worship (in the widest sense
of this word) false values handed down from their
ancestors and who, consequently, observe false standards
of morality: an attitude which must unavoidably - as the
last sentence of this verse shows - result in future
suffering, be it in this world or in the hereafter, or in
both.
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Note - 137Lit., "We shall repay them their portion in full,
undiminished". For an explanation of this sentence, see
note [27] on verses {15-16} of this surah.
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Note - 1611Their worship is not based on any spiritual attitude of
mind. They merely follow the ways of their fathers.
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Note - 1612Allah will take fully into account all their motives in
such mummery as they call worship, and they will have
their full spiritual consequences in the future.
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I.e., "do not think that their beliefs are based on reason": a reference, primarily, to the pagan Arabs who - like the wrongdoers spoken of in the preceding passages - rejected God's message on the plea that it conflicted with their ancestral beliefs, and more generally, to all people who are accustomed to worship (in the widest sense of this word) false values handed down from their ancestors and who, consequently, observe false standards of morality: an attitude which must unavoidably - as the last sentence of this verse shows - result in future suffering, be it in this world or in the hereafter, or in both. |
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Their worship is not based on any spiritual attitude of mind. They merely follow the ways of their fathers. |
