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Quran 19:81

Surah Maryam, Verse 81

Juz 16 · Page 311 · Ruku 268 · Meccan

وَٱتَّخَذُوا۟ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ ءَالِهَةً لِّيَكُونُوا۟ لَهُمْ عِزًّا

Word by word

وَٱتَّخَذُوا۟ wa-ittakhadhū And they have taken مِن min besides Allah دُونِ dūni besides Allah ٱللَّهِ l-lahi besides Allah ءَالِهَةًۭ ālihatan gods لِّيَكُونُوا۟ liyakūnū that they may be لَهُمْ lahum for them عِزًّۭا ʿizzan an honor

Transliteration

Wattakhathoo min dooni Allahialihatan liyakoonoo lahum AAizza

Translations

Pickthall — Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

And they have chosen (other) gods beside Allah that they may be a power for them.

Yusuf Ali — Abdullah Yusuf Ali

And they have taken (for worship) gods other than Allah, to give them power and glory!

تفسير ابن كثير — Ismail ibn Kathir

يخبر تعالى عن الكفار المشركين بربهم : أنهم اتخذوا من دونه آلهة ، لتكون تلك الآلهة ) عزا ) يعتزون بها ويستنصرونها .

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.