Surah 36 · verse 23
Ya-Sin 36:23
Sign in to listenأَأَتَّخِذُ مِن دُونِهِ آلِهَةً إِن يُرِدْنِ الرَّحْمَـٰنُ بِضُرٍّ لَّا تُغْنِ عَنِّي شَفَاعَتُهُمْ شَيْئًا وَلَا يُنقِذُونِ
a'attakhidh min dunihi alihah in yuridni ar-rahman bi-durrin la tughni 'anni shafa'atuhum shay'an wa-la yunqidhuni
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?
Saheeh International translation
Context in the surah
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 21اتَّبِعُوا مَن لَّا يَسْأَلُكُمْ أَجْرًا وَهُم مُّهْتَدُونَ
Follow those who do not ask of you [any] payment, and they are [rightly] guided.
Verse 22وَمَا لِيَ لَا أَعْبُدُ الَّذِي فَطَرَنِي وَإِلَيْهِ تُرْجَعُونَ
And why should I not worship He who created me and to whom you will be returned?
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?
إِنِّي إِذًا لَّفِي ضَلَالٍ مُّبِينٍ
Indeed, I would then be in manifest error.
Verse 25إِنِّي آمَنتُ بِرَبِّكُمْ فَاسْمَعُونِ
Indeed, I have believed in your Lord, so listen to me."
Verse 26قِيلَ ادْخُلِ الْجَنَّةَ ۖ قَالَ يَا لَيْتَ قَوْمِي يَعْلَمُونَ
It was said, "Enter Paradise." He said, "I wish my people could know