Surah 36 · verse 22

Ya-Sin 36:22

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وَمَا لِيَ لَا أَعْبُدُ الَّذِي فَطَرَنِي وَإِلَيْهِ تُرْجَعُونَ

wa-ma li la a'budu alladhi fatarani wa-ilayhi turja'un

And why should I not worship He who created me and to whom you will be returned?

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Context in the surah

Verse 19

قَالُوا طَائِرُكُم مَّعَكُمْ ۚ أَئِن ذُكِّرْتُم ۚ بَلْ أَنتُمْ قَوْمٌ مُّسْرِفُونَ

They said, "Your omen is with yourselves. Is it because you were reminded? Rather, you are a transgressing people."

Verse 20

وَجَاءَ مِنْ أَقْصَى الْمَدِينَةِ رَجُلٌ يَسْعَىٰ قَالَ يَا قَوْمِ اتَّبِعُوا الْمُرْسَلِينَ

And there came from the farthest end of the city a man, running. He said, "O my people, follow the messengers.

Verse 21

اتَّبِعُوا مَن لَّا يَسْأَلُكُمْ أَجْرًا وَهُم مُّهْتَدُونَ

Follow those who do not ask of you [any] payment, and they are [rightly] guided.

Verse 22

وَمَا لِيَ لَا أَعْبُدُ الَّذِي فَطَرَنِي وَإِلَيْهِ تُرْجَعُونَ

And why should I not worship He who created me and to whom you will be returned?

Verse 23

أَأَتَّخِذُ مِن دُونِهِ آلِهَةً إِن يُرِدْنِ الرَّحْمَـٰنُ بِضُرٍّ لَّا تُغْنِ عَنِّي شَفَاعَتُهُمْ شَيْئًا وَلَا يُنقِذُونِ

Should I take other than Him [false] deities [while], if the Most Merciful intends for me some adversity, their intercession will not avail me at all, nor can they save me?

Verse 24

إِنِّي إِذًا لَّفِي ضَلَالٍ مُّبِينٍ

Indeed, I would then be in manifest error.

Verse 25

إِنِّي آمَنتُ بِرَبِّكُمْ فَاسْمَعُونِ

Indeed, I have believed in your Lord, so listen to me."