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Surah Taha, Ayah 16 (20:16)

طه

فَلَا يَصُدَّنَّكَ عَنْهَا مَن لَّا يُؤْمِنُ بِهَا وَٱتَّبَعَ هَوَىٰهُ فَتَرْدَىٰ

Quran 20:16 is ayah 16 of Surah Taha (“Ta-Ha”), a Meccan surah of 135 ayahs. It is in Juz 16, on page 313 of the Madani Mushaf.

20:16
فَلَايَصُدَّنَّكَعَنْهَامَنلَّايُؤْمِنُبِهَاوَٱتَّبَعَهَوَىٰهُفَتَرْدَىٰ١٦
falā yaṣuddannaka ʿanhā man lā yu'minu bihā wa-ittabaʿa hawāhu fatardā

So do not let one avert you from it who does not believe in it and follows his desire, for you [then] would perish.(16)

Word by word

  1. فَلَاfalāSo (do) not
  2. يَصُدَّنَّكَyaṣuddannaka(let) avert you
  3. عَنْهَاʿanhāfrom it
  4. مَنman(one) who
  5. لَّاlā(does) not
  6. يُؤْمِنُyu'minubelieve
  7. بِهَاbihāin it
  8. وَٱتَّبَعَwa-ittabaʿaand follows
  9. هَوَىٰهُhawāhuhis desires
  10. فَتَرْدَىٰfatardālest you perish

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