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Quran 16:20

Surah An-Nahl, Verse 20

Juz 14 · Page 269 · Ruku 225 · Meccan

وَٱلَّذِينَ يَدْعُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ لَا يَخْلُقُونَ شَيْـًٔا وَهُمْ يُخْلَقُونَ

Word by word

وَٱلَّذِينَ wa-alladhīna And those whom يَدْعُونَ yadʿūna they invoke مِن min besides دُونِ dūni besides ٱللَّهِ l-lahi Allah لَا lā not يَخْلُقُونَ yakhluqūna they create شَيْـًۭٔا shayan anything وَهُمْ wahum but (are) themselves يُخْلَقُونَ yukh'laqūna created

Transliteration

Wallatheena yadAAoona mindooni Allahi la yakhluqoona shay-an wahumyukhlaqoon

Translations

Pickthall — Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

Those unto whom they cry beside Allah created naught, but are themselves created.

Yusuf Ali — Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Those whom they invoke besides Allah create nothing and are themselves created.

تفسير ابن كثير — Ismail ibn Kathir

ثم أخبر أن الأصنام التي يدعونها من دون الله لا يخلقون شيئا وهم يخلقون ، كما قال الخليل : ( أتعبدون ما تنحتون والله خلقكم وما تعملون ) [ الصافات : 95 ، 96 ] .

Arabic text: Tanzil Uthmani 1.1 — Tanzil — non-commercial redistribution with attribution.
Translation: Pickthall by Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall — Public domain.
Translation: Yusuf Ali by Abdullah Yusuf Ali — Public domain.
Commentary: تفسير ابن كثير — Public domain.
Word-by-word data via Quran Foundation. Linguistic annotation: the Quranic Arabic Corpus.