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Ummah

Surah Al-Israa · سُوْرَةُ الإِسۡرَاءِ · Juz 15

Q 17:22

لَّا تَجْعَلْ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَـٰهًا ءَاخَرَ فَتَقْعُدَ مَذْمُومًا مَّخْذُولًا

Translations

Do not make [as equal] with Allah another deity and [thereby] become censured and forsaken.
Sahih International · EN
N'assigne point à Allah d'autre divinité; sinon tu te trouveras méprisé et abandonné.
Muhammad Hamidullah · FR

Tafsir

O servant! Do not set up another deity that you worship together with Allah, or you will become condemned in the sight of Allah and His righteous servants, and forsaken by Him.

Al-Mukhtasar fi Tafsir al-Quran · Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies
Read Ibn Kathir (Ibn Kathir (abridged, English))
Set not up with Allah any other ilah (god), or you will sit down reproved, forsaken (in the Hellfire)(22) Do not associate Anything in Worship with Allah Addressing those who are responsible among this Ummah, Allah says, "Do not admit any partner into your worship of your Lord." فَتَقْعُدَ مَذْمُومًا (or you will sit down reproved,) meaning, because of associating others with Him. مَّخْذُولًا (forsaken.) means, because the Lord, may He be exalted, will not help you; He will leave you to the one whom you worshipped, and he has no power either to benefit or to harm, because the Only One Who has the power to benefit or to harm is Allah alone, with no partner or associate. Imam Ahmad reported that 'Abdullah bin Mas'ud said: "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: مَنْ أَصَابَتْهُ فَاقَةٌ فَأَنْزَلَهَا بِالنَّاسِ لَمْ تُسَدَّ فَاقَتُهُ، وَمَنْ أَنْزَلَهَا بِاللهِ أَرْسَلَ اللهُ لَهُ بِالْغِنَى إِمَّا آجِلًا وَإِمَّا غِنىً عَاجِلًا (Whoever is afflicted with poverty and goes and asks people for help, will never get rid of his poverty, but if he asks Allah for help, then Allah will grant him the means of independence sooner or later.) This was also recorded by Abu Dawud and At-Tirmidhi, who said, "Hasan Sahih Gharib".

Arabic text: Tanzil (Uthmani). Translations: Sahih International (en), Muhammad Hamidullah (fr). tanzil.net