إِلَّا الَّذِي فَطَرَنِي فَإِنَّهُ سَيَهْدِينِ
Illa allathee fataranee fainnahu sayahdeeni
Yusuf Ali
"(I worship) only Him Who made me, and He will certainly guide me."
Recitation
Pickthall
Save Him Who did create me, for He will surely guide me.
Shakir
Save Him Who created me, for surely He will guide me.
Hausa — Gumi
"Fãce wannan(1) da Ya ƙãga halittata, to, lalle Shĩ ne zai shiryar da ni."
Yoruba
The Yoruba translation exists only as a scanned image.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir
He disowned his father's and his people's worship of idols and said:
... إِنَّنِي بَرَاء مِّمَّا تَعْبُدُونَ ﴿٢٦﴾
إِلَّا الَّذِي فَطَرَنِي فَإِنَّهُ سَيَهْدِينِ ﴿٢٧﴾
وَجَعَلَهَا كَلِمَةً بَاقِيَةً فِي عَقِبِهِ ...
"Verily, I am innocent of what you worship, except Him Who created me; and verily, He will guide me.''
And he made it a Word lasting among his offspring,
The Word means the worship of Allah Alone with no partner or associate, and the denunciation of all gods apart from Him, i.e., La ilaha illallah. He left this word as an example to be followed by those of his progeny who were guided by Allah.
... لَعَلَّهُمْ يَرْجِعُونَ ﴿٢٨﴾
that they may turn back.
means, come back to this word.
Ikrimah, Mujahid, Ad-Dahhak, Qatadah, As-Suddi and others commented on the Ayah: وَجَعَلَهَا كَلِمَةً بَاقِيَةً فِي عَقِبِهِ (And he made it a Word lasting among his offspring,
"This means, La ilaha illallah, and there are still those among his offspring who say it.''
A similar view was narrated from Ibn Abbas, may Allah be pleased with him.
Ibn Zayd said, "The word of Islam,'' which refers to the same thing suggested by the group.
إعراب — grammatical analysis
«إِلَّا» حرف استثناء «الَّذِي» مستثنى بإلا «فَطَرَنِي» ماض ومفعوله والفاعل مستتر والجملة صلة «فَإِنَّهُ»
الفاء حرف تعليل وإن واسمها «سَيَهْدِينِ» السين للاستقبال ومضارع مرفوع والنون للوقاية والياء المحذوفة لمراعاة الفاصلة مفعول به والفاعل مستتر والجملة خبر إن والجملة الاسمية تعليلية