IslamAwakened.com Qur'an Tafsir Collection for
al-Jinn 72:20
Muhammad Asad
Say: "I invoke my Sustainer alone, for I do not ascribe divinity to anyone beside Him."
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab
Say, ˹O Prophet,˺ “I call only upon my Lord, associating none with Him ˹in worship˺.”
Safi Kaskas
Say, "I only call on my Lord and I never associate anyone with Him."
Arabic
قُلْ إِنَّمَا أَدْعُو رَبِّي وَلَا أُشْرِكُ بِهِ أَحَدً
Transliteration
Qul innam
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oshriku bihi a
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Transliteration-2
qul innamā adʿū rabbī walā ush'riku bihi aḥada
Word for Word
Dr. Shehnaz Shaikh, Ms. Kauser Katri, and more
Say, "Only I call upon my Lord, and not I associate with Him anyone."
Muhammad Asad
Say: "I invoke my Sustainer alone, for I do not ascribe divinity to anyone beside Him."
M. M. Pickthall
Say (unto them, O Muhammad): I pray unto Allah only, and ascribe unto Him no partner
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
Say: "I do no more than invoke my Lord, and I join not with Him any (false god)."
Shakir
Say: I only call upon my Lord, and I do not associate any one with Him
Wahiduddin Khan
Say, I call only upon my Lord and do not associate anyone else with Him
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar
Say: Truly, I call only to my Lord, and I ascribe not as partners with Him anyone.
T.B.Irving
SAY: "I appeal only to my Lord and never associate anyone else [in my worship of] Him."
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab
Say, ˹O Prophet,˺ “I call only upon my Lord, associating none with Him ˹in worship˺.”
Safi Kaskas
Say, "I only call on my Lord and I never associate anyone with Him."
Abdul Hye
Say (O Muhammad): “I only pray to my Lord, and I associate none as partners with Him.”
The Study Quran
Say, “I call only upon my Lord, and I ascribe none as a partner unto Him.
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)
Say: "I only call on my Lord, and I do not associate anyone with Him."
Abdel Haleem
Say, ‘I pray to my Lord alone; I set up no partner with Him.&rsquo
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
Say thou: I simply call upon Allah, and I associate not with Him any-one
Ahmed Ali
Say: "I call on my Lord alone and I do not associate any one with Him."
Aisha Bewley
Say: ´I call only upon my Lord and do not associate anyone else with Him.´
Ali Ünal
Say: "I worship only my Lord and do not associate anyone as partner with Him."
Ali Quli Qara'i
Say, ‘I pray only to my Lord, and I do not ascribe any partner to Him.&rsquo
Hamid S. Aziz
Say, "I only call upon my Lord, and I do not associate any one with Him."
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali
Say, "Surely I invoke only my Lord, and I do not associate with Him anyone."
Muhammad Sarwar
(Muhammad), say, "I worship only my Lord and do not consider anyone equal to Him"
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
Say, .I invoke my Lord, and do not associate anyone with Him
Shabbir Ahmed
Say, "I call unto my Lord alone and associate no one with Him (I heed no one against His Laws)."
Syed Vickar Ahamed
Say: "I do no more than call upon my Lord, and I do not join any (false gods) with Him."
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)
Say, [O Muhammad], "I only invoke my Lord and do not associate with Him anyone."
Farook Malik
O Prophet, say: "I pray only to my Lord and worship none besides Him."
Dr. Munir Munshey
Say, "I shall pray (only) to my Lord and I shall not associate anyone with Him."
Dr. Kamal Omar
Tell (them): “Certainly what (is true is that) I do invoke my Nourisher-Sustainer, and I do not associate in partnership to Him any one.”
Talal A. Itani (new translation)
Say, 'I pray only to my Lord, and I never associate anyone with Him.'
Maududi
Say, (O Prophet): "I call on my Lord alone, and I do not associate aught with Him in His Divinity."
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad
Say: I only call on my Master and I do not associate anyone with Him
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)
Say, “I do no more than invoke my Lord, and I do not join any with Him.
Musharraf Hussain
Say: “I worship my Lord, and I don’t associate anyone with Him.”
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)
Say: "I only call on my Lord, and I do not set up anyone with Him."
Mohammad Shafi
Tell (them, O Muhammad), "I pray only to my Lord. And I pray not to anyone besides Him."
Bijan Moeinian
O’ Mohammad, say: “I only worship God and do not associate any one with Him.&rdquo
Faridul Haque
Say (O dear Prophet Mohammed - peace and blessings be upon him), “I worship only Allah, and I do not ascribe any partner to Him.&rdquo
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah
Say: 'I supplicate only to my Lord and I do not associate any with Him.
Maulana Muhammad Ali
Say: I only call upon my Lord, and associate naught with Him
Muhammad Ahmed - Samira
Say: "Truly I call my Lord, and I do not share/make partners with Him anyone."
Sher Ali
Say, `I pray to my Lord only, and I associate no one with HIM
Rashad Khalifa
Say, "I worship only my Lord; I never set up any idols beside Him."
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)
Say you, 'I pray to my Lord only, and I associate none with Him'.
Amatul Rahman Omar
Say, `I invoke only my Lord and I associate no one with Him (as His partner).
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
Say: ‘I worship only my Lord and do not associate any partner with Him.
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali
Say (O Muhammad SAW): "I invoke only my Lord (Allah Alone), and I associate none as partners along with Him."
Arthur John Arberry
Say: 'I call only upon my Lord, and I do not associate with Him anyone
Edward Henry Palmer
Say, 'I only call upon my Lord, and I join no one with Him.
George Sale
Say, verily I call upon my Lord only, and I associate no other god with Him
John Medows Rodwell
SAY: I call only upon my Lord, and I join no other being with Him
N J Dawood (2014)
Say: ‘I will pray to my Lord and worship none besides Him.&lsquo
Linda “iLHam” Barto
Say, “I only call upon my Lord, and I do not associate anyone with Him [as equal].”
Ahmed Hulusi
Say, “I turn only to (and ask only from) my Rabb! Never will I associate others to He who comprises my essence!”
Al-muntakhab fi tafsir al-Qur'an al-Karim
Say to them: "I only invoke Allah, my Creator, with whom I incorporate none"
Mir Aneesuddin
Say, “I pray only to my Fosterer and I do not associate anyone with Him.”
Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)
Say: "I do no more than invoke my Lord, and I join not with Him any (false god)."
OLD Literal
Word for Word
Say, "Only I call upon my Lord, and not I associate with Him anyone.
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