Arabic Source and Roman Transliteration Arabic إِذْ قَالَ لِأَبِيهِ يَا أَبَتِ لِمَ تَعْبُدُ مَا لَا يَسْمَعُ وَلَا يُبْصِرُ وَلَا يُغْنِي عَنكَ شَيْئً Transliteration Ith qa la li-abeehi ya abati lima taAAbudu ma la yasmaAAu wala yubs iru wala yughnee AAanka shay-a n Transliteration-2 idh qāla li-abīhi yāabati lima taʿbudu mā lā yasmaʿu walā yub'ṣiru walā yugh'nī ʿanka shaya Word for Word When he said to his father, "O my father! Why (do) you worship that which not hears and not sees and not benefits [to] you (in) anything?
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Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning Muhammad Asad when he spoke [thus] unto his father: "O my father! Why dost thou worship something that neither hears nor sees and can be of no avail whatever to thee M. M. Pickthall When he said unto his father: O my father! Why worshippest thou that which heareth not nor seeth, nor can in aught avail thee Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985) Behold, he said to his father: "O my father! why worship that which heareth not and seeth not, and can profit thee nothing Shakir When he said to his father; O my father! why do you worship what neither hears nor sees, nor does it avail you in the least Wahiduddin Khan He said to his father, Why do you worship something that can neither hear nor see nor benefit you in any way Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar That is when he said to his father: O my father! Why wilt thou worship what hears not, and perceives not, and avails thee not anything? T.B.Irving when he told his father: "My father, why do you worship something that neither hears nor perceives [anything], and does not benefit you in anyway"? The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab ˹Remember˺ when he said to his father, “O dear father! Why do you worship what can neither hear nor see, nor benefit you at all? Safi Kaskas He said to his father, "O my father, why do you worship that which does not hear and does not see and will not benefit you at all? Abdul Hye When he said to his father: “O my father! Why do you worship that which can neither hear, nor see, and cannot avail you anything? The Study Quran when he said unto his father, “O my father! Why do you worship that which neither hears nor sees, nor can avail you in any way [The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition) When he said to his father: "O father, why do you serve what does not hear or see, nor help you in anything" Abdel Haleem He said to his father, ‘Father, why do you worship something that can neither hear nor see nor benefit you in any way Abdul Majid Daryabadi Recall what time he said unto his father: , O my father! wherefore worshippest thou that which heareth not and seeth not, nor availeth thee at all Ahmed Ali Remember, when he said to his father: "O my father, why do you worship that which can neither hear nor see nor even profit you the least Aisha Bewley Remember when he said to his father, ´Father, why do you worship what can neither hear nor see and is not of any use to you at all? Ali Ünal When he said to his father: "O my father! Why do you worship that which neither hears nor sees, nor can in anything avail you Ali Quli Qara'i When he said to his father, ‘Father! Why do you worship that which neither hears nor sees, and is of no avail to you in any way Hamid S. Aziz When he said to his father, "O my sire! Why do you worship what can neither hear nor see nor avail you aught Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali As he said to his father, "O my father, why do you worship that which neither hears nor beholds, nor avails you anything Muhammad Sarwar who asked his father, "Father, why do you worship something that can neither hear nor see nor help you at all Muhammad Taqi Usmani when he said to his father, .My dear father, why do you worship something that does neither hear nor see, nor help you in any way Shabbir Ahmed He even confronted his father (Azar), "O My father! Why worship that which hear not and see not and can be of no avail to you?" (Azar, Terah, was the Chief Priest of King Nimrod Shaddad of Babylon and Ninevah, and was a master sculptor) Syed Vickar Ahamed When he said to his father: "O my father! Why worship (something) that does not hear and does not see, and (something that) can be of no profit to you Umm Muhammad (Sahih International) [Mention] when he said to his father, "O my father, why do you worship that which does not hear and does not see and will not benefit you at all Farook Malik Remember when he said to his father: "O my father! Why do you worship something that can neither hear nor see, nor yet profit you in any way Dr. Munir Munshey He said to his father, "Oh Father! Why do you worship that which neither sees, nor hears, nor can protect you from anything." Dr. Kamal Omar When he said to his father: “O my loving father! Why do you worship that which hears not and sees not and helps you not in anything Talal A. Itani (new translation) He said to his father, 'O my father, why do you worship what can neither hear, nor see, nor benefit you in any way Maududi (And remind people) when he said to his father: "Father! Why do you worship that which neither sees nor hears, and which can be of no avail to you Ali Bakhtiari Nejad When he said to his father: my father, why do you serve that which does not hear and does not see and is of no use to you at all A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018) Behold, he said to his father, “O my father, why worship that which hears not and sees not, and can profit you nothing Musharraf Hussain When he said to his father, “My father, why do you worship idols that cannot hear nor see nor benefit you in the least? [The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition) When he said to his father: "O father, why do you serve what does not hear or see, nor help you in anything? Mohammad Shafi When he said to his father, "O my father! Why do you worship a thing that neither hears nor sees, nor does it give you any benefit whatsoever?"
Controversial, deprecated, or status undetermined works Bijan Moeinian He said: “Father, why do you worship these things which neither hear, nor see, nor can be of any help to you?&rdquo Faridul Haque When he said to his father, * "O my father - why do you worship one which neither hears nor sees, and cannot benefit you in any way?" (* His uncle Azar. Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah He said to his father: 'O father, why worship that which can neither see nor hear, nor helps you in anything Maulana Muhammad Ali When he said to his sire: O my sire, why worshippest thou that which hears not, or sees, or can it avail thee aught Muhammad Ahmed - Samira When he said to his father: "You my father, for what (do) you worship what does not hear/listen, and nor see/understand , and nor enrich/suffice from you a thing?" Sher Ali When he said to his father, why dost thou worship that which neither hears nor sees, nor can avail thee aught Rashad Khalifa He said to his father, "O my father, why do you worship what can neither hear, nor see, nor help you in any way? Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi) When he said to his father, 'O my father, why do you worship that which neither hears nor sees, and nor it is of any use to you'. Amatul Rahman Omar Behold! he said to his sire, `My dear sire, why do you worship that which can neither hear, nor see, nor can be of any avail to you Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri When he said to his father (i.e., his uncle Azar who brought him up after his father Tarakh died): ‘O my father, why do you worship these (idols) which cannot hear or see, nor can they remove any (troublesome) thing from you Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali When he said to his father: "O my father! Why do you worship that which hears not, sees not and cannot avail you in anything
Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works Arthur John Arberry When he said to his father, 'Father, why worshippest thou that which neither hears nor sees, nor avails thee anything Edward Henry Palmer When he said to his father, 'O my sire! why dost thou worship what can neither hear nor see nor avail thee aught George Sale When he said unto his father, O my father, why dost thou worship that which heareth not, neither seeth, nor profiteth thee at all John Medows Rodwell When he said to his Father, "O my Father! why dost thou worship that which neither seeth nor heareth, nor profiteth thee aught N J Dawood (2014) He said to his father: ‘Why do you worship a worthless idol, a thing that can neither hear nor see
New and/or Partial Translations, and works in progress Linda “iLHam” Barto He said to his father, “O my father, why do you worship that which cannot hear or see and which cannot profit you anything? Sayyid Qutb He said to his father: 'My father! Why do you worship something that neither hears nor sees and can be of no avail whatever to you? Ahmed Hulusi (Abraham) said to his father, “O my father... Why do you worship things that cannot hear you, see you or benefit you in any way?” Sayyed Abbas Sadr-Ameli When he said to his father: 'O my father! Why do you worship that which neither hears nor sees, nor does avail you in aught Al-muntakhab fi tafsir al-Qur'an al-Karim For once he asked his father: "O father, why do you revere and adore with appropriate acts and rites objects that are deaf and blind and can avail you absolutely nothing!" Mir Aneesuddin When he said to his father, "O My father! why do you worship that which neither hears nor sees nor does it make you care-free from anything.
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