ٱلزُّمَر : ٣

  • أَلَا Unquestionably
  • لِلَّهِ for Allah
  • ٱلدِّينُ (is) the religion
  • ٱلۡخَالِصُۚ the pure
  • وَٱلَّذِينَ And those who
  • ٱتَّخَذُواْ take
  • مِن besides Him
  • دُونِهِۦٓ besides Him
  • أَوۡلِيَآءَ protectors
  • مَا Not
  • نَعۡبُدُهُمۡ we worship them
  • إِلَّا except
  • لِيُقَرِّبُونَآ that they may bring us near
  • إِلَى to
  • ٱللَّهِ Allah
  • زُلۡفَىٰٓ (in) position
  • إِنَّ Indeed
  • ٱللَّهَ Allah
  • يَحۡكُمُ will judge
  • بَيۡنَهُمۡ between them
  • فِي in
  • مَا what
  • هُمۡ they
  • فِيهِ [in it]
  • يَخۡتَلِفُونَۗ differ
  • إِنَّ Indeed
  • ٱللَّهَ Allah
  • لَا (does) not
  • يَهۡدِي guide
  • مَنۡ (one) who
  • هُوَ [he]
  • كَٰذِبٞ (is) a liar
  • كَفَّارٞ and a disbeliever
Unquestionably, for Allāh is the pure religion.1 And those who take protectors besides Him [say], "We only worship them that they may bring us nearer to Allāh in position." Indeed, Allāh will judge between them concerning that over which they differ. Indeed, Allāh does not guide he who is a liar and [confirmed] disbeliever.
Footnotes
1 - i.e., acceptable to Allāh is that none be associated with Him in worship and obedience.
Surely to God belongs pure religion, none other than Him being deserving of it. And those who take besides Him, the idols [as], patrons: and they are the disbelievers of Mecca - they say: 'We only worship them so that they may bring us near to God' (zulfaa, a verbal noun, with the sense of taqreeban, 'for the sake of nearness'). God will indeed judge between them, and the Muslims, concerning that about which they differ, of religion, and so admit the believers into the Paradise, and the disbelievers into the Hellfire. Truly God does not guide one who is a liar, attributing a child to Him, a disbeliever, worshipping other than God.