إِنْ هِىَ إِلَّآ أَسْمَآءٌۭ سَمَّيْتُمُوهَآ أَنتُمْ وَءَابَآؤُكُم مَّآ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ بِهَا مِن سُلْطَٰنٍ ۚ إِن يَتَّبِعُونَ إِلَّا ٱلظَّنَّ وَمَا تَهْوَى ٱلْأَنفُسُ ۖ وَلَقَدْ جَآءَهُم مِّن رَّبِّهِمُ ٱلْهُدَىٰٓ
Translation
Sahih International
They are not but [mere] names you have named them - you and your forefathers - for which Allah has sent down no authority. They follow not except assumption and what [their] souls desire, and there has already come to them from their Lord guidance.
Word-by-Word Translation
إِنْ
Not
هِىَ
they
إِلَّآ
(are) except
أَسْمَآءٌۭ
names
سَمَّيْتُمُوهَآ
you have named them
أَنتُمْ
you
وَءَابَآؤُكُم
and your forefathers
مَّآ
not
أَنزَلَ
has Allah sent down
ٱللَّهُ
has Allah sent down
بِهَا
for it
مِن
any
سُلْطَـٰنٍ ۚ
authority
إِن
Not
يَتَّبِعُونَ
they follow
إِلَّا
except
ٱلظَّنَّ
assumption
وَمَا
and what
تَهْوَى
desire
ٱلْأَنفُسُ ۖ
the(ir) souls
وَلَقَدْ
And certainly
جَآءَهُم
has come to them
مِّن
from
رَّبِّهِمُ
their Lord
ٱلْهُدَىٰٓ
the guidance
٢٣
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