Surah Ya-Sin, Ayah 60 (36:60)

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۞ أَلَمْ أَعْهَدْ إِلَيْكُمْ يَٰبَنِىٓ ءَادَمَ أَن لَّا تَعْبُدُوا۟ ٱلشَّيْطَٰنَ ۖ إِنَّهُۥ لَكُمْ عَدُوٌّ …

Quran 36:60 is ayah 60 of Surah Ya-Sin (“Ya Sin”), a Meccan surah of 83 ayahs. It is in Juz 23, on page 444 of the Madani Mushaf.

36:60
۞ أَلَمْأَعْهَدْإِلَيْكُمْيَٰبَنِىٓءَادَمَأَنلَّاتَعْبُدُوا۟ٱلشَّيْطَٰنَ ۖإِنَّهُۥلَكُمْعَدُوٌّمُّبِينٌ٦٠
alam aʿhad ilaykum yābanī ādama an lā taʿbudū l-shayṭāna innahu lakum ʿaduwwun mubīnun

Did I not enjoin upon you, O children of Adam, that you not worship Satan - [for] indeed, he is to you a clear enemy -(60)

Word by word

  1. ۞ أَلَمْalamDid not
  2. أَعْهَدْaʿhadI enjoin
  3. إِلَيْكُمْilaykumupon you
  4. يَٰبَنِىٓyābanīO Children of Adam
  5. ءَادَمَādamaO Children of Adam
  6. أَنanThat
  7. لَّاlā(do) not
  8. تَعْبُدُوا۟taʿbudūworship
  9. ٱلشَّيْطَٰنَ ۖl-shayṭānathe Shaitaan
  10. إِنَّهُۥinnahuindeed, he
  11. لَكُمْlakum(is) for you
  12. عَدُوٌّʿaduwwunan enemy
  13. مُّبِينٌmubīnunclear

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