Surah An-Nahl — Verse 73
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وَيَعْبُدُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ مَا لَا يَمْلِكُ لَهُمْ رِزْقًا مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ شَيْـًٔا وَلَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ
WayaAAbudoona min dooni Allahi mala yamliku lahum rizqan mina assamawatiwal-ardi shay-an wala yastateeAAoon
Translations of this verse 7
Saheeh International
And they worship besides Allāh that which does not possess for them [the power of] provision from the heavens and the earth at all, and [in fact], they are unable.
M.A.S. Abdel Haleem
Those they worship beside God have no power to provide anything for them from the heavens or the earth: they can do nothing.
Marmaduke Pickthall
And they worship beside Allah that which owneth no provision whatsoever for them from the heavens or the earth, nor have they (whom they worship) any power.
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
And worship others than Allah,- such as have no power of providing them, for sustenance, with anything in heavens or earth, and cannot possibly have such power?
Mufti Taqi Usmani
They worship, besides Allah, the objects that have no power to give them anything from the heavens and the earth, nor can they ever have such power.
Al-Hilali & Khan
And they worship others besides Allâh - such as do not and cannot own any provision for them from the heavens or the earth.
Abul A'la Maududi (Tafhim)
and worship instead of Allah, those helpless beings who have no control over providing them any sustenance from the heavens and the earth; do you worship those who have no power to do anything of this sort?