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Quran 21:24

Surah Al-Anbiyaa, Verse 24

Juz 17 · Page 323 · Ruku 279 · Meccan

أَمِ ٱتَّخَذُوا۟ مِن دُونِهِۦٓ ءَالِهَةً قُلْ هَاتُوا۟ بُرْهَٰنَكُمْ هَٰذَا ذِكْرُ مَن مَّعِىَ وَذِكْرُ مَن قَبْلِى بَلْ أَكْثَرُهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ ٱلْحَقَّ فَهُم مُّعْرِضُونَ

Word by word

أَمِ ami Or ٱتَّخَذُوا۟ ittakhadhū (have) they taken مِن min besides Him دُونِهِۦٓ dūnihi besides Him ءَالِهَةًۭ ۖ ālihatan gods قُلْ qul Say هَاتُوا۟ hātū Bring بُرْهَـٰنَكُمْ ۖ bur'hānakum your proof هَـٰذَا hādhā This ذِكْرُ dhik'ru (is) a Reminder مَن man (for those) who مَّعِىَ maʿiya (are) with me وَذِكْرُ wadhik'ru and a Reminder مَن man (for those) who قَبْلِى ۗ qablī (were) before me بَلْ bal But أَكْثَرُهُمْ aktharuhum most of them لَا lā (do) not يَعْلَمُونَ yaʿlamūna know ٱلْحَقَّ ۖ l-ḥaqa the truth فَهُم fahum so they مُّعْرِضُونَ muʿ'riḍūna (are) averse

Transliteration

Ami ittakhathoo min doonihi alihatanqul hatoo burhanakum hatha thikru manmaAAiya wathikru man qablee bal aktharuhum layaAAlamoona alhaqqa fahum muAAridoon

Translations

Pickthall — Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

Or have they chosen other gods beside Him? say: Bring your proof (of their godhead). This is the Reminder of those with me and those before me, but most of them know not the Truth and so they are averse.

Yusuf Ali — Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Or have they taken for worship (other) gods besides him? Say, "Bring your convincing proof: this is the Message of those with me and the Message of those before me." But most of them know not the Truth, and so turn away.

تفسير ابن كثير — Ismail ibn Kathir

يقول تعالى : بل ( اتخذوا من دونه آلهة قل ) يا محمد : ( هاتوا برهانكم ) أي : دليلكم على ما تقولون ، ( هذا ذكر من معي ) يعني : القرآن ، ( وذكر من قبلي ) يعني : الكتب المتقدمة على خلاف ما تقولون وتزعمون ، فكل كتاب أنزل على كل نبي أرسل ، ناطق بأنه لا إله إلا الله ، ولكن أنتم أيها المشركون لا تعلمون الحق ، فأنتم معرضون عنه

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.