Surah Al-An'am, Ayah 41 (6:41)

ٱلْأَنْعَام

بَلْ إِيَّاهُ تَدْعُونَ فَيَكْشِفُ مَا تَدْعُونَ إِلَيْهِ إِن شَآءَ وَتَنسَوْنَ مَا تُشْرِكُونَ

Quran 6:41 is ayah 41 of Surah Al-An'am (“The Cattle”), a Meccan surah of 165 ayahs. It is in Juz 7, on page 132 of the Madani Mushaf.

6:41
بَلْإِيَّاهُتَدْعُونَفَيَكْشِفُمَاتَدْعُونَإِلَيْهِإِنشَآءَوَتَنسَوْنَمَاتُشْرِكُونَ٤١
bal iyyāhu tadʿūna fayakshifu mā tadʿūna ilayhi in shāa watansawna mā tush'rikūna

No, it is Him [alone] you would invoke, and He would remove that for which you invoked Him if He willed, and you would forget what you associate [with Him].(41)

Word by word

  1. بَلْbalNay
  2. إِيَّاهُiyyāhuHim Alone
  3. تَدْعُونَtadʿūnayou call
  4. فَيَكْشِفُfayakshifuand He would remove
  5. مَاmāwhat
  6. تَدْعُونَtadʿūnayou call
  7. إِلَيْهِilayhiupon Him
  8. إِنinif
  9. شَآءَshāaHe wills
  10. وَتَنسَوْنَwatansawnaand you will forget
  11. مَاmāwhat
  12. تُشْرِكُونَtush'rikūnayou associate (with Him)

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