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سورة آل عِمرَان

Surah Al-i-‘Imrân 3:104

Family of Amran · Verse 104 of 200

وَلْتَكُنْ مِنْكُمْ أُمَّةٌ يَدْعُونَ إِلَى الْخَيْرِ وَيَأْمُرُونَ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَيَنْهَوْنَ عَنِ الْمُنْكَرِ ۚ وَأُولَٰئِكَ هُمُ الْمُفْلِحُونَ

Abdul Mannan Omar

And let there always be a community (of such people) among you who should call people to goodness and enjoin equity and forbid evil. It is these who shall attain to their goal.

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Let there arise out of you a band of people inviting to all that is good, enjoining what is right, and forbidding what is wrong: They are the ones to attain felicity.

Ahmed Ali

So let there be a body among you who may call to the good, enjoin what is esteemed and forbid what is odious. They are those who will be successful.

12 more translations

Ali Unal

There must be among you a community calling to good, and enjoining and actively promoting what is right and forbidding and trying to prevent evil (in appropriate ways). They are those who are the prosperous.

Daryabadi

And let there be of you a community calling others to good and commanding that which is reputable and prohibiting that which is disreputable. And these they are the blissful.

Faridul Haque

And there should be a group among you that invites to goodness, and enjoins good deeds and forbids immorality; it is they who are the successful.

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And from among you there should be a party who invite to good and enjoin the right and forbid the wrong. And these are they who are successful.

Maulvi Sher Ali

And let there always be among you a body of men who should invite to goodness, and enjoin virtue and forbid evil. And it is they who shall prosper.

Muhammad Asad

and that there might grow out of you a community [of people] who invite unto all that is good, and enjoin the doing of what is right and forbid the doing of what is wrong: and it is they, they who shall attain to a happy state!

Muhammad Musin Khan

Let there arise out of you a group of people inviting to all that is good (Islam), enjoining Al-Ma'ruf (i.e. Islamic Monotheism and all that Islam orders one to do) and forbidding Al-Munkar (polytheism and disbelief and all that Islam has forbidden). And it is they who are the successful.

Muhammad Pickthall

And there may spring from you a nation who invite to goodness, and enjoin right conduct and forbid indecency. Such are they who are successful.

Muhammad Sarwar

Let there be a group among you who will invite others to do good deeds, command them to obey the Law, and prohibit them from committing sins. These people will have eternal happiness.

Muhammed ali Shakir

And from among you there should be a party who invite to good and enjoin what is right and forbid the wrong, and these it is that shall be successful.

Rashad Khalifa

Let there be a community of you who invite to what is good, advocate righteousness, and forbid evil. These are the winners.

Shabbir Ahmed

Let there be a community among you that invites to all that is good, advocating virtue and deterring vice. They are the truly successful.