Surah Ya-Sin, Ayah 22 (36:22)

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وَمَا لِىَ لَآ أَعْبُدُ ٱلَّذِى فَطَرَنِى وَإِلَيْهِ تُرْجَعُونَ

Quran 36:22 is ayah 22 of Surah Ya-Sin (“Ya Sin”), a Meccan surah of 83 ayahs. It is in Juz 22, on page 441 of the Madani Mushaf.

36:22
وَمَالِىَلَآأَعْبُدُٱلَّذِىفَطَرَنِىوَإِلَيْهِتُرْجَعُونَ٢٢
wamā liya lā aʿbudu alladhī faṭaranī wa-ilayhi tur'jaʿūna

And why should I not worship He who created me and to whom you will be returned?(22)

Word by word

  1. وَمَاwamāAnd what
  2. لِىَliya(is) for me
  3. لَآlā(that) not
  4. أَعْبُدُaʿbuduI worship
  5. ٱلَّذِىalladhīthe One Who
  6. فَطَرَنِىfaṭaranīcreated me
  7. وَإِلَيْهِwa-ilayhiand to Whom
  8. تُرْجَعُونَtur'jaʿūnayou will be returned

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