Surah Az-Zumar — Verse 43
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أَمِ ٱتَّخَذُوا۟ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ شُفَعَآءَ ۚ قُلْ أَوَلَوْ كَانُوا۟ لَا يَمْلِكُونَ شَيْـًٔا وَلَا يَعْقِلُونَ
Ami ittakhathoo min dooni AllahishufaAAaa qul awa law kanoo la yamlikoonashay-an wala yaAAqiloon
Translations of this verse 7
Saheeh International
Or have they taken other than Allāh as intercessors? Say, "Even though they do not possess [power over] anything, nor do they reason?"
M.A.S. Abdel Haleem
Yet they take intercessors besides God! Say, ‘Even though these have no power or understanding?’
Marmaduke Pickthall
Or choose they intercessors other than Allah? Say: What! Even though they have power over nothing and have no intelligence?
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
What! Do they take for intercessors others besides Allah? Say: "Even if they have no power whatever and no intelligence?"
Mufti Taqi Usmani
Is it that they have adopted intercessors out of those (whom they invoke) other than Allah? Say, “(Do you take them as intercessors) even though they have no power at all, nor do they understand?”
Al-Hilali & Khan
Have they taken (others) as intercessors besides Allâh? Say: "Even if they have power over nothing whatever and have no intelligence?"
Abul A'la Maududi (Tafhim)
Or have they taken others instead of Allah as intercessors? Say: “Will they intercede though they may have no power and though they may not even understand?”