Surah An-Nisa — Verse 117
The Women · 4:117 · 117/176
إِن يَدْعُونَ مِن دُونِهِۦٓ إِلَّآ إِنَـٰثًا وَإِن يَدْعُونَ إِلَّا شَيْطَـٰنًا مَّرِيدًا
In yadAAoona min doonihi illa inathanwa-in yadAAoona illa shaytanan mareeda
Translations of this verse 7
Saheeh International
They call upon instead of Him none but female [deities], and they [actually] call upon none but a rebellious Satan,
M.A.S. Abdel Haleem
In His place the idolaters invoke only females, and Satan, the rebel
Marmaduke Pickthall
They invoke in His stead only females; they pray to none else than Satan, a rebel
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
(The Pagans), leaving Him, call but upon female deities: They call but upon satan the persistent rebel!
Mufti Taqi Usmani
They invoke none, besides Him, but feminine objects; and they invoke none but Satan, the rebel
Al-Hilali & Khan
They (all those who worship others than Allâh) invoke nothing but female deities besides Him (Allâh), and they invoke nothing but Shaitân (Satan), a persistent rebel!
Abul A'la Maududi (Tafhim)
Rather than call upon Him, they call upon goddesses, and call upon a rebellious Satan