Surah An-Naml — Verse 43

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وَصَدَّهَا مَا كَانَت تَّعْبُدُ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ ۖ إِنَّهَا كَانَتْ مِن قَوْمٍ كَـٰفِرِينَ

Wasaddaha ma kanattaAAbudu min dooni Allahi innaha kanat minqawmin kafireen

Verse recitation

Translations of this verse 7

Saheeh International

And that which she was worshipping other than Allāh had averted her [from submission to Him]. Indeed, she was from a disbelieving people."

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

she was prevented by what she worshipped instead of God, for she came from a disbelieving people.’

Marmaduke Pickthall

And (all) that she was wont to worship instead of Allah hindered her, for she came of disbelieving folk.

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

And he diverted her from the worship of others besides Allah: for she was (sprung) of a people that had no faith.

Mufti Taqi Usmani

And she was prevented (from submitting before this) by that which she used to worship instead of Allah. Indeed she was from a disbelieving people.

Al-Hilali & Khan

And that which she used to worship besides Allâh has prevented her (from Islâm), for she was of a disbelieving people.

Abul A'la Maududi (Tafhim)

What prevented her (from accepting the True Faith) was her worshipping deities other than Allah, for she belonged to an unbelieving people.