Al-Qur'an Surah Yusuf Verse 106

Mufti Taqi Usmani

and most of them do not believe in Allah without associating partners with Him in His divinity.

Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

And most of them do not believe in Allah without associating others with Him ˹in worship˺.

Ruwwad Translation Center

And most of them do not believe in Allah except that they associate partners with Him.

A. J. Arberry

And the most part of them believe not in God, but they associate other gods with Him.

Abdul Haleem

most of them will only believe in God while also joining others with Him.

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

And most of them believe not in Allah except as they are associators.

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

And most of them believe not in Allah without associating (other as partners) with Him!

Abul Ala Maududi

And most of them believe in Allah only when they associate others with Him in His Divinity.

Ahmed Ali

Not only do they not believe in God, but also associate others with Him.

Ahmed Raza Khan

And most of them are such that they do not believe in Allah except while ascribing partners (to Him)!

Ali Quli Qarai

And most of them do not believe in Allah without ascribing partners to Him.

Ali Ünal

And most of them do not even believe in God without associating partners with Him.

Amatul Rahman Omar

Infact, most of them believe not in Allâh without (at the same time) ascribing partners (to Him).

English Literal

And most of them do not believe with God, unless and (while) they are sharing/taking partners (with Him).

Faridul Haque

And most of them are such that they do not believe in Allah except while ascribing partners (to Him)!

Hamid S. Aziz

How many a sign is there in the heavens and the earth which they pass by with face averted!

Hilali & Khan

And most of them believe not in Allah except that they attribute partners unto Him [i.e. they are Mushrikun -polytheists - see Verse 6:121].

Maulana Mohammad Ali

And thou askest them no reward for it. It is nothing but a reminder for all mankind.

Mohammad Habib Shakir

And most of them do not believe in Allah without associating others (with Him).

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

And most of them believe not in Allah except that they attribute partners (unto Him).

Muhammad Sarwar

Most of them do not believe in God; they are but pagans.

Qaribullah & Darwish

And most of them do not believe in Allah, but they associate others with Him.

Safi-ur-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri

And most of them believe not in Allah except that they attribute partners unto Him.

Wahiduddin Khan

and most of them, even when they profess belief in God, attribute partners to Him.

Talal Itani

And most of them do not believe in God unless they associate others.

Tafsir jalalayn

And most of them do not believe in God, such that they might affirm that He is the Creator and the Sustainer, without ascribing partners, to Him, by worshipping idols; which is why, when crying their [ritual] response to God, they used to say; `At Your service, no partner have You, save a partner that belongs to You; You possess him and all that he possesses', meaning it [when they said it].

Tafseer Ibn Kathir

And most of them believe not in Allah except that they attribute partners unto Him.

Ibn Abbas commented,

"They have a part of faith, for when they are asked, `Who created the heavens? Who created the earth? Who created the mountains?' They say, `Allah did.' Yet, they associate others with Him in worship."

Similar is said by Mujahid, Ata, Ikrimah, Ash-Sha`bi, Qatadah, Ad-Dahhak and Abdur-Rahman bin Zayd bin Aslam.

In the Sahih, it is recorded that;

during the Hajj season, the idolators used to say in their Talbiyah;"Here we rush to Your service. You have no partners with You, except a partner with You whom You own but he owns not!"

Allah said in another Ayah,

إِنَّ الشِّرْكَ لَظُلْمٌ عَظِيمٌ

Verily, joining others in worship with Allah is a great Zulm (wrong) indeed. (31;13)

This indeed is the greatest type of Shirk, associating others with Allah in worship.

It is recorded in the Two Sahihs that Abdullah bin Mas`ud said,

"I said, `O Allah's Messenger! What is the greatest sin?'

He said,

أَنْ تَجْعَلَ للهِ نِدًّا وَهُوَ خَلَقَك

That you call a rival to Allah while He alone created you."

Al-Hasan Al-Basri commented on Allah's statement,
وَمَا يُوْمِنُ أَكْثَرُهُمْ بِاللّهِ إِلاَّ وَهُم مُّشْرِكُونَ
(And most of them believe not in Allah except that they attribute partners unto Him),

"This is the hypocrite; if he performs good deeds, he does so to show off with the people, and he is an idolator while doing this."

Al-Hasan was referring to Allah's statement,

إِنَّ الْمُنَـفِقِينَ يُخَـدِعُونَ اللَّهَ وَهُوَ خَادِعُهُمْ وَإِذَا قَامُواْ إِلَى الصَّلَوةِ قَامُواْ كُسَالَى يُرَاءُونَ النَّاسَ وَلَا يَذْكُرُونَ اللَّهَ إِلاَّ قَلِيلً

Verily, the hypocrites seek to deceive Allah, but it is He Who deceives them. And when they stand up for As-Salah, they stand with laziness and to be seen of men, and they do not remember Allah but little. (4;142)

There is another type of hidden Shirk that most people are unaware of.

Hammad bin Salamah narrated that Asim bin Abi An-Najud said that Urwah said,

"Hudhayfah visited an ill man and saw a rope tied around his arm, so he ripped it off while reciting,
وَمَا يُوْمِنُ أَكْثَرُهُمْ بِاللّهِ إِلاَّ وَهُم مُّشْرِكُونَ
(And most of them believe not in Allah except that they attribute partners unto Him).

In a Hadith, from Ibn Umar collected by At-Tirmidhi who said it was Hasan, the Prophet said,

مَنْ حَلَفَ بِغَيْرِ اللهِ فَقَدْ أَشْرَك

He who swears by other than Allah, commits Shirk.

Imam Ahmad, Abu Dawud and other scholars of Hadith narrated that Abdullah bin Mas`ud said that the Messenger of Allah said,

إِنَّ الرُّقَى وَالتَّمَايِمَ وَالتِّوَلَةَ شِرْك

Verily, Ar-Ruqa, At-Tama'im and At-Tiwalah are all acts of Shirk.

In another narration collected by Ahmad and Abu Dawud, the Prophet said,

الطِّيَرَةُ شِرْكٌ وَمَا مِنَّا إِلاَّ وَلَكِنَّ اللهَ يُذْهِبُهُ بِالتَّوَكُّل

Verily, At-Tiyarah (omen) is Shirk; everyone might feel a glimpse of it, but Allah dissipates it with Tawakkul."

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