Surah Al-Anbya — Verse 21

The Prophets · 21:21 · 21/112

أَمِ ٱتَّخَذُوٓا۟ ءَالِهَةً مِّنَ ٱلْأَرْضِ هُمْ يُنشِرُونَ

Ami ittakhathoo alihatan minaal-ardi hum yunshiroon

Verse recitation

Translations of this verse 11

Saheeh International

Or have they [i.e., men] taken for themselves gods from the earth who resurrect [the dead]?

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

Have they chosen any gods from the earth who can give life to the dead?

Marmaduke Pickthall

Or have they chosen gods from the earth who raise the dead?

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Or have they taken (for worship) gods from the earth who can raise (the dead)?

Mufti Taqi Usmani

Or have they adopted gods from the earth, who raise the dead?

Al-Hilali & Khan

Or have they taken (for worship) âlihah (gods) from the earth who raise the dead?

Abul A'la Maududi (Tafhim)

Have they taken earthly gods who are such that they raise up the dead to life?

Muhammad Asad — The Message of the Qur’an

And yet some people choose to worship certain earthly things or beings as deities that [are supposed to] resurrect [the dead; and they fail to realize that],